Ecclesiastes 7:29

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

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

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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?

Darby Translation ☆

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Beholde, sayth the Preacher, this haue I found, seeking one by one to finde the count:

Noyes Bible ☆

Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Lo, this only did I find, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought for many [sinful] devices.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

King James Version ☆

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

Webster Bible ☆

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Revised Version ☆

Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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?

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they — they have sought out many devices.

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

Lo, this only have I found, that HaElohim hath made man yashar (upright); but they have sought out chishvonot rabbim (many schemes).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اُنْظُرْ. هَذَا وَجَدْتُ فَقَطْ: أَنَّ ٱللهَ صَنَعَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ مُسْتَقِيمًا، أَمَّا هُمْ فَطَلَبُوا ٱخْتِرَاعَاتٍ كَثِيرَةً.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ငါတွေ့သောအရာ တခုတည်းဟူမူကား၊ ဘုရား သခင်သည် လူကိုဖြောင့်မတ်အောင် ဖန်ဆင်းတော်မူ သော်လည်း၊ လူတို့သည် များပြာသော အကြံအစည်တို့ကို ရှာဖွေကြံစည်ကြပြီ။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ငါတွေ့ သောအရာ တခု တည်းဟူမူကား ၊ ဘုရား သခင် သည် လူ ကိုဖြောင့်မတ် အောင် ဖန်ဆင်း တော်မူသော်လည်း ၊ လူ တို့သည် များ ပြားသော အကြံအစည် တို့ကို ရှာဖွေ ကြံစည်ကြပြီ။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Khenah, ka hnuk ih hmuen maeto loe, Sithaw mah kami to katoengah sak, toe kaminawk loe pop parai hmuen to sak hanah pakrong o lat.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

He bueng mah so lah. Pathen loh hlang he a thuem la a saii coeng dae amih loh phuengnah muep a tlap uh te ka hmuh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

He bueng mah so lah. Pathen loh hlang he a thuem la a saii coeng dae amih loh phuengnah muep a tlap uh te ka hmuh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我所找到的只有一件，就是 神造人原是正直，但他们寻出许多巧计。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我所找到的只有一件，就是上帝造人原是正直，但他們尋出許多巧計。

World Chinese Bible ☆

看哪，我只发现这一件事：上帝造人原是正直的；他们却寻求许多巧计。”

Croatian Bible ☆

Otkrih ovo: Bog stvori čovjeka jednostavnim, a on snuje nebrojene spletke.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Obzvláštně pohleď i na to, což jsem nalezl: Že učinil Bůh člověka dobrého, ale oni následovali smyšlínek rozličných.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Dog se, det fandt jeg, at Gud har skabt Menneskene, som de bør være; men de har så mange sære Ting for.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Alleenlijk ziet, dit heb ik gevonden, dat God den mens recht gemaakt heeft, maar zij hebben veel vonden gezocht.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Alleen dit heb ik gevonden: God heeft de mensen rechtschapen gemaakt, Maar zelf zoeken zij allerlei slechtheid.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Nur ĉi tion mi trovis, ke Dio kreis la homon virtema; sed la homoj fordonis sin al multaj artifikoj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Seulement, voici, j’ai trouvé que Dieu a fait l’homme droit ; mais eux, ils ont cherché beaucoup de raisonnements.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Seulement voici ce que j'ai trouvé: c'est que Dieu a fait l'homme droit; mais ils ont cherché beaucoup de discours.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Seulement, voici ce que j’ai trouvé, c’est que Dieu a fait les hommes droits; mais ils ont cherché beaucoup de détours.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Voici seulement ce que j'ai trouvé : Dieu a créé les humains droits, mais ils ont recherché bien des artifices. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Allein, siehe, dieses habe ich gefunden, daß Gott den Menschen aufrichtig geschaffen hat; sie aber haben viele Ränke gesucht.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Allein schaue das: ich habe gefunden, daß Gott den Menschen hat aufrichtig gemacht; aber sie suchen viele Künste.

German Textbibel ☆

Nur dies, siehe, habe ich gefunden, daß Gott den Menschen gerade geschaffen hat, sie aber suchen viele Künste.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Nur allein, siehe, das habe ich gefunden, daß Gott den Menschen aufrichtig gemacht hat; sie aber suchen viele Künste.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

πλὴν ἰδὲ τοῦτο εὗρον, ὃ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς σὺν τὸν ἄνθρωπον εὐθῆ, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐζήτησαν λογισμοὺς πολλούς.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

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;

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Men sa ase mwen jwenn: Bondye kreye moun pou yo viv san pwoblèm, li mete yon chemen tou dwat devan yo, men se yo menm ki chache traka bay tèt yo.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Aia hoi, eia ka mea i loaa mai ia'u: Hana iho la ke Akua i ke kanaka i mea pololei, aka hoi, ua imi oia i na mea kekee he nui wale.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

לְבַד֙ רְאֵה־זֶ֣ה מָצָ֔אתִי אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֧ה הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָדָ֖ם יָשָׁ֑ר וְהֵ֥מָּה בִקְשׁ֖וּ חִשְּׁבֹנֹ֥ות רַבִּֽים׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

לבד ראה זה מצאתי אשר עשה האלהים את האדם ישר והמה בקשו חשבנות רבים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Sol ecco ciò che io ho trovato: che Iddio ha fatto l'uomo diritto ; ma gli uomini hanno ricercati molti discorsi .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Questo soltanto ho trovato: che Dio ha fatto l’uomo retto, ma gli uomini hanno cercato molti sotterfugi.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

見よ、私が見いだしたのは、ただこれだけである。神は人間をまっすぐな者に造ったが、彼らは多くの策略を考え出した。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

나의 깨달은 것이 이것이라 곧 하나님이 사람을 정직하게 지으셨으나 사람은 많은 꾀를 낸 것이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Pa inge ma nga lotela: God El orekutla suwohs ac pwaye, ac kut sifacna oru kut in arulana fohsak.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

quam adhuc quærit anima mea, et non inveni. Virum de mille unum reperi; mulierem ex omnibus non inveni.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

همانا این را فقط دریافتم که خدا آدمی را راست آفرید، اما ایشان مخترعات بسیار طلبیدند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Eis que encontrei apenas isto: que Deus fez a humanidade reta; mas eles buscam muitas invenções.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Eis que somente achei isto: que Deus fez os homens corretos, porém foram eles que buscaram muitos desejos ruins.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Iată, numai aceasta am găsit, că Dumnezeu a făcut pe om integru, dar ei au umblat după multe născociri.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Нумай ятэ че ам гэсит: кэ Думнезеу а фэкут пе оамень фэрэ приханэ, дар ей умблэ ку мулте ширетений.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Только это я нашел, что Бог сотворил человека правым, а люди пустились во многие помыслы.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Samo, gle, ovo nađoh: da je Bog stvorio čoveka dobrog; a oni traže svakojake pomisli.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Само, гле, ово нађох: да је Бог створио човека доброг; а они траже свакојаке помисли.

Mashi Bible ☆

Alaga kwône ebi mbwîne obwo: Nyamuzinda ajizire omuntu mwîrhohye, naye yêne ye dwîrhage alonza okuhalûla ebihazire!

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

He aquí, solamente he hallado esto: que Dios hizo al hombre recto, mas ellos buscaron muchas cuentas.

Spanish BLL ☆

Solo he llegado a esta conclusión: Dios hizo a los seres humanos sencillos y rectos, pero ellos se han buscado demasiadas artimañas.”

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

He aquí, solamente esto he hallado: que Dios hizo al hombre recto, pero ellos buscaron muchas perversas trazas.»

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Esto solo lo he visto, que Dios enderezó a los hombres, pero han estado buscando todo tipo de artimañas.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Solo esto hallé: Que ʼElohim hizo al hombre recto, Pero ellos buscaron muchas artimañas.

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Revised West Version ☆

Vakai, ko eni pe ʻae meʻa kuo u ʻiloʻi, naʻe ngaohi ʻae tangata ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he angatonu; ka kuo nau kumi ki he ngaahi filioʻi lahi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Тільки се я знайшов, що Бог сотворив чоловіка правим, та люде пустились на всякі вигади.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Тільки се я знайшов, що Бог сотворив чоловіка правим, та люде пустились на всякі вигади.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Nhưng nầy là điều ta tìm được: Đức Chúa Trời đã dựng nên người ngay thẳng; song loài người có tìm kiếm ra lắm mưu kế.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

לְבַד֙ רְאֵה־זֶ֣ה מָצָ֔אתִי אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֧ה הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָדָ֖ם יָשָׁ֑ר וְהֵ֥מָּה בִקְשׁ֖וּ חִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹת רַבִּֽים׃