Verse List for ECC 7:27

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) The leader has discovered that— ⇔ adding one thing to another to try to find an explanation for everything.

OET-LV Consider this I _have _found Teacher she _said one to_one to_find the_scheme _of _things.

ULT ⇔  “See, this I have found,” says Qoheleth: ⇔ One to one to find the scheme of things,

UST ⇔  So, understand—this is what I, the Teacher, have learned from my investigations: ⇔ I carefully considered one thing after another until I could comprehend the way that God governs everything and the reason that he governs the way he does.

BSB & MSB “Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation

WMBB “Behold, I have found this,” says Kohelet[fn], “to one another, to find an explanation

NET The Teacher says: ⇔ I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.

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

FBV This is what I discovered after putting two and two[fn] together to try and find out what it all meant, says the Teacher.

T4T ¶  This is what I have learned: ⇔ I tried to learn more and more about things ⇔  to try to find out the reason for everything,

LEB “Look! I found this,” said the Teacher,[fn] “while trying to find how the plan fits together.

BBE Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

Moff Vainly have I sought over and again the truth of things, putting together this and that;

JPS Behold, this have I found, saith Koheleth, adding one thing to another, to find out the account;

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

DRA 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.

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

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

RV Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher; laying one thing to another, to find out the account:
(Behold, this have I found, saith/says the Preacher; laying one thing to another, to find out the account:)

SLT See, this I found, said the preacher: one to one to find understanding.

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

KJB-1769 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:[fn]
(Behold, this have I found, saith/says the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:)

KJB-1611 [fn]Behold, this haue I found (saith the Preacher) counting one by one to finde out the account:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Beholde (saith the preacher) this haue I diligently searched out and proued: One thing must be considered with another, that a man may come by knowledge,
(Behold (saith/says the preacher) this have I diligently searched out and proved: One thing must be considered with another, that a man may come by knowledge,)

Gnva I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,
(I have compassed/surrounded about, both I and mine heart to know and to enquire and to search wisdom, and reason, and to know the wickedness of folly, and the foolishness of madness,)

Cvdl Beholde (sayeth ye preacher) this haue I diligently searched out & proued, yt I might come by knowlege: which as yet I seke, and fynde it not.
(Behold (saith/says ye/you_all preacher) this have I diligently searched out and proved, it I might come by knowledge: which as yet I seek, and find it not.)

Wycl And Y foond a womman bitterere than deth, which is the snare of hunteris, and hir herte is a net, and hir hondis ben boondis; he that plesith God schal ascape hir, but he that is a synnere, schal be takun of hir.
(And I found a woman bitterre than death, which is the snare of hunters, and her heart is a net, and her hands been bonds; he that pleaseth/pleases God shall escape her, but he that is a sinner, shall be taken of her.)

Luth Schaue, das habe ich funden, spricht der Prediger, eins nach dem andern, daß ich Kunst erfände.
(Look, the have I funds, speaks/says the/of_the preacher, one after to_him change/modify, that I art/skill erfände.)

ClVg et inveni amariorem morte mulierem, quæ laqueus venatorum est, et sagena cor ejus; vincula sunt manus illius. Qui placet Deo effugiet illam; qui autem peccator est capietur ab illa.[fn]
(and I_found amariorem death woman, which trap venatorum it_is, and net heart his/her; chains are hands of_that. Who please/it_seems_right to_God will_escape her; who/which however sinner it_is will_be_captured away that.)

UHB רְאֵה֙ זֶ֣ה מָצָ֔אתִי אָמְרָ֖ה קֹהֶ֑לֶת אַחַ֥ת לְ⁠אַחַ֖ת לִ⁠מְצֹ֥א חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἴδε τοῦτο εὗρον, εἶπεν ὁ Ἐκκλησιαστής· μία τῇ μιᾷ τοῦ εὑρεῖν λογισμὸν,

BrTr Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, seeking by one at a time to find out the account,