ECC 7:29 Parallel Verse View

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

OET (OET-RV) This is the only conclusion I came to:
⇔ God made humankind to do good, but instead they’ve come up with many other kinds of schemes.

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).

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; )

BrTr 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?

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 mankind 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.

WEBBE Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”

WMBB (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.

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BBE This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

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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.

Drby 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.

SLT Only see, this I found, that God made man upright; and they sought out many purposes.

Wbstr 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 Loe, this onely haue I found, that God hath made man vpright: but they haue sought out many inuentions.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

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Gnva 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: )

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ClVg quam adhuc quærit anima mea, et non inveni. Virum de mille unum reperi; mulierem ex omnibus non inveni.[fn]
(how still seeks the_soul my, and not/no I_found. Virum from/about a_thousand one find; woman from to_all not/no I_found. )

7.29 Virum. Christum, qui caput est omnium bonorum, quod figuratur per millenarium qui perfectus numerus.

7.29 Virum. Christum, who the_head it_is of_all of_goods, that figure/formtur through a_thousandnarium who perfect number.

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

(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=ʼElohīm 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=ʼElohīm 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.

Parallel ECC 7:29