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OET-LV To/for_only consider this I_have_found (cmp) he_made the_ʼElhīmv DOM the_humankind upright and_they they_have_sought schemes many.
UHB לְבַד֙ רְאֵה־זֶ֣ה מָצָ֔אתִי אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֧ה הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָדָ֖ם יָשָׁ֑ר וְהֵ֥מָּה בִקְשׁ֖וּ חִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹת רַבִּֽים׃ ‡
(ləⱱad rəʼēh-zeh māʦāʼtī ʼₐsher ˊāsāh hāʼₑlohim ʼet-hāʼādām yāshār vəhēmmāh ⱱiqshū ḩishshəⱱonōt rabim.)
Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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 Only see—this I have found: that God made humanity upright, but they, they have sought out many schemes.”
⇔
UST I have learned only this: That when God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to complicate their own lives.
BSB Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
OEB that number have I found. This only have I found-mark it well: that men were created upright by God, but they have sought out many contrivances of their own.
WEB Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
WMB (Same as above)
NET This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright,
⇔ but they have sought many evil schemes.
LSV See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they have sought out many inventions.
FBV But I did find this one thing: God made people to do what's right, but they have followed their own ideas.[fn]
7:29 Literally, “but they have sought out many devices.”
T4T But I did learn one thing:
⇔ When God created people, they were righteous,
⇔ but they have found many ways to do many evil things.
LEB Look! This alone I found: God made mankind upright, but they have devised many schemes.”
BBE This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
MOF No MOF ECC book available
JPS Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
ASV Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
DRA 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.
YLT See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they — they have sought out many devices.
DBY Only see this which I have found: that [fn]God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
7.29 Elohim
RV Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
WBS Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
KJB-1769 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
(Lo, this only have I found, that God hath/has made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. )
KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 ECC book available
BB Lo this onlye haue I founde, that God made man iust and right: but they sought many inuentions.
(Lo this onlye have I founde, that God made man just and right: but they sought many inuentions.)
GNV Beholde, sayth the Preacher, this haue I found, seeking one by one to finde the count:
(Behold, saith/says the Preacher, this have I found, seeking one by one to find the count: )
CB Lo, this onely haue I founde, that God made man iust & right, but they seke dyuerse sotylties,
(Lo, this only have I founde, that God made man just and right, but they seek dyuerse sotylties,)
WYC and Y foond not. I foond o man of a thousynde; Y foond not a womman of alle.
(and I found not. I found o man of a thousand; I found not a woman of alle.)
LUT Alleine schaue das, ich habe funden, daß GOtt den Menschen hat aufrichtig gemacht; aber sie suchen viel Künste.
(Alleine schaue das, I have funden, that God the Menschen has aufrichtig made; but they/she/them suchen many Künste.)
CLV quam adhuc quærit anima mea, et non inveni. Virum de mille unum reperi; mulierem ex omnibus non inveni.[fn]
(quam adhuc quærit anima mea, and not/no inveni. Virum about mille one reperi; mulierem from omnibus not/no inveni. )
7.29 Virum. Christum, qui caput est omnium bonorum, quod figuratur per millenarium qui perfectus numerus.
7.29 Virum. Christum, who caput it_is omnium bonorum, that figuratur through millenarium who perfectus numerus.
BRN But, behold, this have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.
¶ Who knows the wise? and who knows the interpretation of a saying?
BrLXX Πλὴν ἴδε τοῦτο εὗρον, ὃ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς σὺν τὸν ἄνθρωπον εὐθῆ· καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐζήτησαν λογισμοὺς πολλούς.
¶ Τίς οἶδε σοφοὺς, καὶ τίς οἶδε λύσιν ῥήματος;
(Plaʸn ide touto heuron, ho epoiaʸsen ho Theos sun ton anthrōpon euthaʸ; kai autoi ezaʸtaʸsan logismous pollous.
¶ Tis oide sofous, kai tis oide lusin ɽaʸmatos; )
7:29 After much searching, the Teacher did find that humanity’s downward path from God’s created order (Gen 1:27-28; 2:23-25; 3:1-19) was repeated by Adam and Eve’s descendants (cp. Rom 3:10-18, 23).
(Occurrence 0) they have gone away looking for many difficulties
(Some words not found in UHB: to/for,only see this found which/who he/it_had_made the=ʼElhīmv DOM the=humankind upright and,they devised schemes many )
This could mean: (1) “they have made many sinful plans” or (2) “they have made their own lives difficult.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) they have gone away
(Some words not found in UHB: to/for,only see this found which/who he/it_had_made the=ʼElhīmv DOM the=humankind upright and,they devised schemes many )
Here the word “they” refers to “humanity.” This speaks of humanity changing from being upright to not being upright as if they were going from one place to another.