Ecclesiastes 7:28
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
whichאֲשֶׁ֛ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
I am stillעֹוד־
(o·vd-)
5750: a going around, continuance, still, yet, again, besidefrom ud
seekingבִּקְשָׁ֥ה
(bik·shah)
1245: to seeka prim. root
but have not found.מָצָ֑אתִי
(ma·tza·ti;)
4672: to attain to, finda prim. root
I have foundמָצָ֔אתִי
(ma·tza·ti,)
4672: to attain to, finda prim. root
oneאֶחָ֤ד
(e·chad)
259: onea prim. card. number
manאָדָ֞ם
(a·dam)
120: man, mankindfrom an unused word
among 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
a thousand,מֵאֶ֙לֶף֙
(me·'e·lef)
505: a thousanda prim. root
but I have not foundמָצָֽאתִי׃
(ma·tza·ti.)
4672: to attain to, finda prim. root
a womanוְאִשָּׁ֥ה
(ve·'i·shah)
802: woman, wife, femalefrom an unused word
among allבְכָל־
(ve·chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
these.אֵ֖לֶּה
(el·leh)
428: thesea prim. pronoun


















KJV Lexicon
Which yet my soul
nephesh  (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.
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