Ecclesiastes 7:27 {28}
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Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,

saith

Ecclesiastes 1:1,2 The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. . . .

Ecclesiastes 12:8-10 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity. . . .

Ecclesiastes 7:25 I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:

Context
The Limits of Human Wisdom
26And 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. 27Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,28Which 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.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:1
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:12
I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

Ecclesiastes 7:26
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.

Ecclesiastes 7:28
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.

Lexicon
“Behold,”
רְאֵה֙ (rə·’êh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

says
אָמְרָ֖ה (’ā·mə·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

the Teacher,
קֹהֶ֑לֶת (qō·he·leṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6953: Preacher -- 'a collector (of sentences)', 'a preacher', a son of David

“I have discovered
מָצָ֔אתִי (mā·ṣā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

this
זֶ֣ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

by adding one
אַחַ֥ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

thing to another
לְאַחַ֖ת (lə·’a·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-l | Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

to find
לִמְצֹ֥א (lim·ṣō)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

an explanation.
חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃ (ḥeš·bō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2808: Contrivance, intelligence


Additional Translations
“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.Behold, this have I found, said 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, this have I found, said the Preacher, seeking by one at a time to find out the account,

See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason;

Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher; laying one thing to another, to find out the account:

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

"Behold, I have found this," says the Preacher, "one to another, to find out the scheme;

See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
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