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OET-LV Which again it_has_sought soul_my and_not I_have_found a_man one among_a_thousand I_have_found and_woman in/on/at/with_all these not I_have_found.
UHB אֲשֶׁ֛ר עוֹד־בִּקְשָׁ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֑אתִי אָדָ֞ם אֶחָ֤ד מֵאֶ֨לֶף֙ מָצָ֔אתִי וְאִשָּׁ֥ה בְכָל־אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֥א מָצָֽאתִי׃ ‡
(ʼₐsher ˊōd-biqəshāh nafəshiy vəloʼ māʦāʼtī ʼādām ʼeḩād mēʼelef māʦāʼtī vəʼishshāh ⱱəkāl-ʼēlleh loʼ māʦāʼtī.)
Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT That which continually my soul sought, but I have not found: one man from a thousand men I found. But a woman from all of these people, I did not find.
UST and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find all that I was searching for. But one thing that I found out was that among one thousand people I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman.
BSB 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.
OEB at a conclusion – which, however, I have long and earnestly sought in vain – this at least I have dis- covered: that there is one man in a thousand– that I have discovered – but never a woman in all
WEB which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
NET 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.
LSV (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.
FBV Although I really searched, I didn't find what I was looking for. People say, “I found one man among a thousand, but not one woman.”
T4T and I continued to try to learn more,
⇔ but I could not find all that I was searching for.
⇔ But one thing that I found out was that among 1,000 people I found one righteous man,
⇔ but I did not find even one righteous woman.
LEB What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one thousand, I did not find one upright woman among all these.
BBE For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
MOF No MOF ECC book available
JPS 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.
ASV 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.
DRA Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,
YLT (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.
DBY 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.
RV 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.
WBS 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.
KJB 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.
BB which as yet I seeke, and finde it not. Among a thousande men I haue founde one: but not one woman among all.
(which as yet I seeke, and find it not. Among a thousand men I have found one: but not one woman among all.)
GNV And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
(And I find more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nets and snares, and her hands, as bands: he that is good before God, shall be delivered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.)
CB Amonge a thousande men I haue founde one, but not one woman amonge all.
(Amonge a thousand men I have found one, but not one woman among all.)
WYC Lo! Y foond this, seide Ecclesiastes, oon and other, that Y schulde fynde resoun, which my soule sekith yit;
(Lo! I found this, said Ecclesiastes, one and other, that I should find resoun, which my soule sekith yit;)
LUT Und meine SeeLE sucht noch und hat es nicht funden. Unter tausend habe ich einen Menschen funden, aber kein Weib habe ich unter den allen funden.
(And my SeeLE sucht still and has it not funden. Unter tausend have I a Menschen funden, but kein woman have I under the all funden.)
CLV Ecce hoc inveni, dixit Ecclesiastes, unum et alterum ut invenirem rationem,
(Behold hoc inveni, he_said Ecclesiastes, unum and alterum as invenirem rationem,)
BRN 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.
BrLXX ὃν ἐπεζήτησεν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον· καὶ ἄνθρωπον ἕνα ἀπὸ χιλίων εὗρον, καὶ γυναῖκα ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐχ εὗρον.
(hon epezaʸtaʸsen haʸ psuⱪaʸ mou, kai ouⱪ heuron; kai anthrōpon hena apo ⱪiliōn heuron, kai gunaika en pasi toutois ouⱪ heuron.)
7:28 The NLT adds the phrase is virtuous (based on 7:29) to give the sense of the verse. Virtue is extremely rare: In his own experience, the Teacher found only a few men, and no women, with that quality.
Note 1 topic: translate-numbers
(Occurrence 0) one righteous man among a thousand
(Some words not found in UHB: which/who again/more sought soul,my and=not found humankind one(ms) among,a_thousand found and,woman in/on/at/with,all these not found )
“1 righteous man among 1,000.” Only one righteous man was found in a group of 1,000 people.
(Occurrence 0) a woman among all those
(Some words not found in UHB: which/who again/more sought soul,my and=not found humankind one(ms) among,a_thousand found and,woman in/on/at/with,all these not found )
There were no righteous women found in a group of 1,000 people.