Ecclesiastes 7:28
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Which yet my soul seeks, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Which yet my soul seeks, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
American Standard Version (ASV)
which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
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.
Webster's Revision
Which 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.
World English Bible
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Barnes's Ecclesiastes 7:28 Bible Commentary
One man - One whose good qualities quite satisfy our expectation. Compare the expression "one among a thousand" (marginal reference).
A woman - The number of Solomon's wives and concubines 1 Kings 11:3 was a thousand.
Wesley's Ecclesiastes 7:28 Bible Commentary
7:28 Yet seeketh - I returned to search again with more earnestness.I find not - That it was so, he found, but the reason of the thing he could not find out. One man - A wise and virtuous man. A woman - One worthy of that name; one who is not a dishonour to her sex. Among - In that thousand whom I have taken into intimate society with myself.