World English Bible
"Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.""
— Ecclesiastes 7:29, World English Bible
“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. ”
“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.”
“This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.”
“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. ”
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
"Behold, I have found this," says the Preacher, "one to another, to find out the scheme;
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found. One man among a thousand have I found; but I have not found a woman among all those.
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."