Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright,
New American Standard Bible
Behold, I have found only this, that
King James Version
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
International Standard Version
I have discovered only this: God made human beings for righteousness, but they seek many alternatives."
A Conservative Version
Behold, this only I have found: That God made man upright, but they have sought out many contrivances.
American Standard Version
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Amplified
Behold, I have found only this [as a reason]: God made man upright and uncorrupted, but they [both men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].”
Bible in Basic English
This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
Darby Translation
Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
Julia Smith Translation
Only see, this I found, that God made man upright; and they sought out many purposes.
King James 2000
Lo, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! This alone I found: God made mankind upright, but they have devised many schemes."
Modern King James verseion
Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lo, this only have I found, that God made man just and right, but they seek divers subtleties.
NET Bible
This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.
The Emphasized Bible
Only, see, this, have I found, That God made man upright, but, they, have sought out many devices.
Webster
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
World English Bible
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."
Youngs Literal Translation
See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.
Themes
Man » Created in the image of God
Man » Created » In uprightness
Man » Has sought out many inventions
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Bad
Matsa'
'elohiym
Yashar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absolute Wisdom Is Unattainable
28
which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6-7
Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, “Let Us
Genesis 5:1
These are the family
Genesis 6:5-6
When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,
Genesis 6:11-12
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.
Genesis 11:4-6
And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky.
Psalm 99:8
You were a forgiving God to them,
an avenger of their sinful actions.
Psalm 106:29
and a plague broke out against them.
Psalm 106:39
and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
Jeremiah 2:12-13
be shocked and utterly appalled.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 4:22
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”
Ezekiel 22:6-13
“Look, every prince of Israel
Mark 7:8-9
Acts 7:40-43
They told Aaron:
Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.
Romans 1:21-32
For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.
Romans 3:9-19
What then? Are we any better?
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world,
Titus 3:3
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions