Ecclesiastes 7:28
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.In other versions
which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
ASV
For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
BBE
which my soul yet seeketh, and I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found, but a woman among all those have I not found.
DBY
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
WEB
(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
YLT
Which yet my soul seeks, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
ENG
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
WBT
While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
BSB
In context
26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.