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KJV Lexicon Which yet my soulnephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) seeketh baqash (baw-kash') to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after but I find matsa' (maw-tsaw') to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present not one 'echad (ekh-awd') united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first man 'adam (aw-dawm') ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person. among a thousand 'eleph (eh'-lef) hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand. have I found matsa' (maw-tsaw') to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present but a woman 'ishshah (ish-shaw') irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman among all those have I not found matsa' (maw-tsaw') to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman. International Standard Version Among the things I seek but have not found: one man among a thousand I did find, but I have not found one woman to be wise among all these. NET Bible What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them. GOD'S WORD® Translation I am still seeking a reason for things, but have not found any. I found one man out of a thousand who had it, but out of all these I didn't find one woman. King James 2000 Bible 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. Links Ecclesiastes 7:28Ecclesiastes 7:28 NIV Ecclesiastes 7:28 NLT Ecclesiastes 7:28 ESV Ecclesiastes 7:28 NASB Ecclesiastes 7:28 KJV |