NASB
""Behold, I have discovered this," says the Preacher, "adding one thing to another to find an explanation,"
— Ecclesiastes 7:27, NASB
“Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:”
“Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account; ”
“"Behold, I have found this," says the Preacher, "one to another, to find out the scheme;”
“The Teacher says: I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.”
“And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.”
“Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,”
“Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:”
What has been is remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it?
I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the foolishness of madness.
And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
"Behold, I have discovered this," says the Preacher, "adding one thing to another to find an explanation,
which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.
"Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices."