Ecclesiastes 7:28

82 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

nongpa sangto thungah kami katoeng maeto ka hnuk, toe nongpatanawk boih thungah katoeng kami maeto doeh ka hnu ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te te ka hinglu loh a tlap pueng dae ka hmuh moenih. Thawngkhat khuiah tongpa pakhat ka hmuh dae te boeih lakli ah huta ka hmuh moenih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te te ka hinglu loh a tlap pueng dae ka hmuh moenih. Thawngkhat khuiah tongpa pakhat ka hmuh dae te boeih lakli ah huta ka hmuh moenih.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ka mea a ko'u uhane i imi ai, aole nae i loaa; hookahi kanaka mawaena o kekahi tausani ua loaa mai ia'u; aka, o ka wahine mawaena o keia poe a pau loa, aole i loaa.

English Berean Standard Bible

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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

M'ap chache yon lòt esplikasyon. Men mwen pa jwenn li. Sou mil gason mwen kontre, se yon sèl mwen jwenn ki gen konprann. Men pou fanm, mwen pa jwenn yonn menm.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Ecce hoc inveni, dixit Ecclesiastes, unum et alterum ut invenirem rationem,

Bible in Basic English

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.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

ce que mon âme cherche encore et que je n’ai pas trouvé : j’ai trouvé un homme entre mille, mais une femme entre elles toutes, je ne l’ai pas trouvée.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Èeho pak přesto hledala duše má, však jsem nenalezl: Muže jednoho z tisíce našel jsem, ale ženy mezi tolika jsem nenalezl.

Kosraean Bible

Nga suk kutu pac top saya tuh wangin ma nga konauk. Nga konauk mukul sefanna inmasrlon tausin su nga ku in lulalfongi, ac tia siefanna mutan nga ku in lulalfongi.

World Portuguese Bible

a qual a minha alma ainda busca, mas não encontrei. Encontrei um homem entre mil, mas não encontrei uma mulher entre todas estas.

Romanian BTF Bible

Ceea ce totuși sufletul meu caută, dar nu găsesc, un om între o mie am găsit; dar o femeie printre toate acelea nu am găsit.

Brenton English Septuagint

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.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ယောက်ျားတထောင်တို့တွင် တယောက်ကို ငါတွေ့ပြီ။ မိန်းမတထောင်တို့တွင် တယောက်ကိုမျှ ငါမတွေ့။

Darby Translation

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Was meine Seele fort und fort gesucht und ich nicht gefunden habe, ist dies: einen Mann aus Tausenden habe ich gefunden, aber ein Weib unter diesen allen habe ich nicht gefunden.

Dutch Bible 1917

Dewelke mijn ziel nog zoekt, maar ik heb haar niet gevonden: een man uit duizend heb ik gevonden; maar een vrouw onder die allen heb ik niet gevonden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Maar mijn ziel zoekt nog altijd vergeefs;) Eén man vond ik op duizend; Maar een vrouw heb ik er niet onder gevonden.

Italian Diodati Bible

il che ancora cerca l'anima mia, e non l'ho trovato ( ben ho trovato un uomo fra mille; ma fra altrettante donne, non ne ho trovata neppur una ).

Douay-Rheims 1899

Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Noyes Bible

That which my soul hath hitherto sought, and I have not found, is this: a man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among a thousand have I not found.

Danish Bible 1931

Hvad min Sjæl stadig søgte, men ikke fandt, er dette: Én Mand fandt jeg blandt tusind, men en Kvinde fandt jeg ikke i hele Flokken.

Leeser Tanakh

What my soul constantly sought, but I found it not; one man among a thousand did I find; but a woman among all these did I not find.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

ấy là lòng ta hãy còn tìm mà chưa tìm ra: trong một ngàn người đờn ông ta đã tìm được một người; còn trong cả thảy người đờn bà ta chẳng tìm được một ai hết.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

‌ʻAia ʻoku kei kumi ki ai ʻe hoku laumālie, ka ʻoku teʻeki ai te u maʻu: ko e tangata ʻe tokotaha kuo u ʻilo ʻi ha toko afe; ka ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo ʻiate kinautolu kotoa pē ha fefine ʻe tokotaha.

French Ostervald Bible

Voici ce que mon âme cherche encore, mais que je n'ai point trouvé. J'ai trouvé un homme entre mille; mais je n'ai pas trouvé une femme entre elles toutes.

Esperanto Bible

Jen, kion ankoraŭ serĉis mia animo kaj ne trovis: viron unu inter mil mi trovis, sed virinon inter ĉiuj mi tute ne trovis.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

voici ce que mon âme cherche encore, et que je n’ai point trouvé. J’ai trouvé un homme entre mille; mais je n’ai pas trouvé une femme entre elles toutes.

German Luther Bible 1912

Und meine Seele sucht noch und hat's nicht gefunden: unter tausend habe ich einen Mann gefunden; aber ein Weib habe ich unter den allen nicht gefunden.

LXX2012 U. S. English

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

British English Septuagint 2012

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

Majority Standard BIble

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.

Webster Bible

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.

Revised Version

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

ecco quello che l’anima mia cerca ancora, senza ch’io l’abbia trovato: un uomo fra mille, l’ho trovato, ma una donna fra tutte, non l’ho trovata.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

ce que mon âme cherche encore sans l'avoir trouvé : j'ai trouvé un homme entre mille, mais pas une seule femme parmi elles.

Reina Valera 1909

Lo que aun busca mi alma, y no encuentro: un hombre entre mil he hallado; mas mujer de todas éstas nunca hallé.

Spanish BLL

He buscado algo más, pero todavía no lo encuentro: he hallado un hombre cabal entre mil, pero entre las mujeres ni una sola.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

lo que aún busca mi alma, y no lo encuentro: un hombre entre mil he hallado, pero mujer entre todas estas nunca hallé.

Croatian Bible

I još sam tražio, ali bez uspjeha. Nađoh čovjeka - jednog od tisuću, a žene ne nađoh među svima nijedne.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Još traži duša moja, ali ne nađoh. Čoveka jednog u hiljade nađoh, ali žene među svima ne nađoh.

German Textbibel

Was ich fortwährend suchte, aber nicht fand, ist dies: Einen Mann unter tausend habe ich gefunden, aber ein Weib unter allen diesen habe ich nicht gefunden.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

אֲשֶׁ֛ר עוֹד־בִּקְשָׁ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֑אתִי אָדָ֞ם אֶחָ֤ד מֵאֶ֨לֶף֙ מָצָ֔אתִי וְאִשָּׁ֥ה בְכָל־אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֥א מָצָֽאתִי׃