Ecclesiastes 7:28

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

World English Bible ☆

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man amongst a thousand, but I have not found a woman amongst all those.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man amongst a thousand, but I have not found a woman amongst all those.

World English Bible Classic ☆

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

World English Bible Updated ☆

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

World Messianic Bible ☆

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man amongst a thousand, but I have not found a woman amongst all those.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Which yet my nefesh seeketh, but I have not found; one man among a thousand have I found, but a woman among all those have I not found.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَزَلْ نَفْسِي تَطْلُبُهَا فَلَمْ أَجِدْهَا. رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا بَيْنَ أَلْفٍ وَجَدْتُ، أَمَّا ٱمْرَأَةً فَبَيْنَ كُلِّ أُولَئِكَ لَمْ أَجِدْ!

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ယောက်ျားတထောင်တို့တွင် တယောက်ကို ငါတွေ့ပြီ။ မိန်းမတထောင်တို့တွင် တယောက်ကိုမျှ ငါမတွေ့။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ယောက်ျား တထောင် တို့တွင် တယောက် ကို ငါတွေ့ ပြီ။ မိန်းမ တထောင်တို့တွင် တယောက်ကိုမျှ ငါမ တွေ့။

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 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.

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.

World Chinese Bible ☆

这是我心仍在寻求、却没有找到的。我在一千个男子中找到一个，却在所有这些人中没有找到一个女子。

Croatian Bible ☆

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

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.

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.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Was aber meine Seele noch immer sucht, habe ich nicht gefunden; einen Mann habe ich unter Tausenden gefunden; aber ein Weib habe ich unter diesen allen nicht gefunden!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὃν ἐπεζήτησεν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ οὐχ εὗρον· καὶ ἄνθρωπον ἕνα ἀπὸ χιλίων εὗρον καὶ γυναῖκα ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐχ εὗρον.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

ὃν ἐπεζήτησεν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον· καὶ ἄνθρωπον ἕνα ἀπὸ χιλίων εὗρον, καὶ γυναῖκα ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐχ εὗρον.

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.

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.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אֲשֶׁ֛ר עֹוד־בִּקְשָׁ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֑אתִי אָדָ֞ם אֶחָ֤ד מֵאֶ֙לֶף֙ מָצָ֔אתִי וְאִשָּׁ֥ה בְכָל־אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֥א מָצָֽאתִי׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אשר עוד בקשה נפשי ולא מצאתי אדם אחד מאלף מצאתי ואשה בכל אלה לא מצאתי׃

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 ).

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.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

私はなおも求めているが、まだ見いだしていない。私は千人のうちに一人の男を見いだしたが、そのすべてのうちに一人の女も見いださなかった。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

내 마음에 찾아도 아직 얻지 못한 것이 이것이라 일천 남자 중에서 하나를 얻었거니와 일천 여인 중에서는 하나도 얻지 못하였느니라

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

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

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

که جان من تا به حال آن را جستجو می‌کند ونیافتم. یک مرد از هزار یافتم اما از جمیع آنها زنی نیافتم.

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.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Aquilo que minha alma tem buscado, ainda não achei; um homem entre mil eu achei; mas uma mulher entre todas estas não achei.

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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.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

ятэ че-мь каутэ ши акум суфлетул ши н-ам гэсит. Дин о мие ам гэсит ун ом, дар о фемее н-ам гэсит ын тоате ачестя.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Чего еще искала душа моя, и я не нашел? - Мужчину одного из тысячи я нашел, а женщины между всеми ими не нашел.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Још тражи душа моја, али не нађох. Човека једног у хиљаде нађох, али жене међу свима не нађох.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ishiriza, nalonzize nalonza, ci ntarhôlaga. Mulume muguma omu cihu mbî, nêci mmubwîne, mukazi muguma muli boshi ntamubwîni.

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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.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Que mi alma todavía está buscando, pero no la tengo; un hombre entre mil he visto; Pero una mujer entre todas estas no he hallado.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Lo que aún busca mi alma sin encontrarlo: Hallé un hombre entre 1.000, Pero una mujer entre todas ellas no la encontré.

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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.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

А ще чого шукала душа моя, а я не знайшов? Знайшов я одного мужчину між тисячею, женщини ж нї однієї.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

А ще чого шукала душа моя, а я не знайшов? Знайшов я одного мужчину між тисячею, женщини ж нї однієї.

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

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