Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.In other versions
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
ASV
This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
BBE
Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
DBY
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.
WEB
See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.
YLT
Lo, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
ENG
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
WBT
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
BSB
In context
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.