Ecclesiastes 7:27

Behold, this have I found, saith Koheleth, adding one thing to another, to find out the account;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

In Context

26and I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands; whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

28which yet my soul sought, but I found not; one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:1THE WORDS OF the Koheleth, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:24-29

The Evil of Sin. 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by… Read the whole commentary →

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