Ecclesiastes 7:28
Modern Translations
New International Version
while I was still searching but not finding-- I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all.

New Living Translation
Though I have searched repeatedly, I have not found what I was looking for. Only one out of a thousand men is virtuous, but not one woman!

English Standard Version
which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.

Berean Study Bible
While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

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.

NASB 1995
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.

NASB 1977
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.

Amplified Bible
which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand [who pleases God], but I have not found [such] a woman among all these [a thousand in my harem].

Christian Standard Bible
which my soul continually searches for but does not find: I found one person in a thousand, but none of those was a woman.

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.

Contemporary English Version
but so far I have not been able to. I do know there is one good man in a thousand, but never have I found a good woman.

Good News Translation
I have looked for other answers but have found none. I found one man in a thousand that I could respect, but not one woman.

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.

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.
Classic Translations
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.

New King James Version
Which my soul still seeks but I cannot find: One man among a thousand I have found, But a woman among all these I have not found.

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.

New Heart English Bible
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: 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.

American King James Version
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
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.

A Faithful Version
Which my soul still sought, but I do not find: one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all these I have not found.

Darby Bible Translation
which my soul yet seeketh, and I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found, but a woman among all those have I not found.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(7:30) And yet my soule seeketh, but I finde it not: I haue found one man of a thousand: but a woman among them all haue I not founde.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(7:25) which as yet I seeke, and finde it not. (7:26) Among a thousande men I haue founde one: but not one woman among all.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Amonge a thousande men I haue founde one, but not one woman amonge all.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), "" One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.

Young's Literal Translation
(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.

Smith's Literal Translation
Which yet my soul sought, and found not; one man from a thousand I found; and a woman in all these I found not.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
which my soul still seeks and has not found. One man among a thousand, I have found; a woman among them all, I have not found.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And again my soul searched and I have not found; one man of a thousand I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found

Lamsa Bible
And again my soul sought but I found not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all these I have not found.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
which 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.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
which my soul sought after, but I found not: for I have found one man of a thousand; but a woman in all these I have not found.
















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