Bible in Basic English
"This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions."
— Ecclesiastes 7:29-1964, Bible in Basic English
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. ”
“Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. ”
“Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."”
“This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.”
“Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found. Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word? ”
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. ”
And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
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.
This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.