King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:28 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 7:28 · KJV
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. whoso: Heb. he that is good before God
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: counting: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason
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.
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“seeketh”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
“Which yet my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“among all those have I not found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“among a thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“among all those have I not found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“among all those have I not found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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