What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only ¹  one upright ²  man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.

biblegateway Ecc 7:28

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.

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.

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.

biblegateway Ecc 7:28

while I was still searching but not finding—I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all.

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.

bibleoremus Ecc 7:28

which my mind 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.

after searching long without success: I have found one man in a thousand worthy to be called upright, but I have not found one woman among them all.

biblegateway Ecc 7:28

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.

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.

biblegateway Ecc 7:28

What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only ¹  one upright ²  man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.

¹ tn The word “only” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness.

² tn The word “upright” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation twice, here and in the following line, for clarity.