the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Ecclesiastes 7:28
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which my soul still seeks but has not found. I have found one man out of a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.
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.
Among a thousande men I haue founde one: but not one woman among all.
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.
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.
that my soul still seeks, but I have not found; one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all those I have not found.
Which yet my soule seeketh, but I finde not: one man among a thousand haue I found, but a woman among all those haue I 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.
Amonge a thousande men I haue founde one, but not one woman amonge all.
which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand [who pleases God], but I have not found [such] a woman among all these [a thousand in my harem].
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.
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.
which my soul still seeks, but I have not found: of man one among a thousand I have found; but a woman among all those 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.
What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.
but so far I have not been able to. I do know there is one good man in a thousand, but never have I found a good woman.
I searched a long time without finding it: one man in a thousand I have found, but a woman among all those I have not found.
And yet my soule seeketh, but I finde it not: I haue found one man of a thousand: but a woman among them all haue I not founde.
And again my soul sought but I found not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all these I have not found.
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
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.
Though I have searched repeatedly, I have not found what I was looking for. Only one out of a thousand men is virtuous, but not one woman!
which I am still looking for but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.
Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, seeking by one at a time to find out the account,
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.
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 a virtuous woman.
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.
what my soul still sought, yet I found not, - one man out of a thousand, have I found, but, a woman among all these, have I not found.
(7-29) 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.
What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one thousand, I did not find one upright woman among all these.
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.
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.
While I was searching, I did not find one man among the thousands I found. Nor did I find a woman among all these.
I have looked for other answers but have found none. I found one man in a thousand that I could respect, but not one woman.
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.
and Y foond not. I foond o man of a thousynde; Y foond not a womman of alle.
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.
(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.
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yet: Ecclesiastes 7:23, Ecclesiastes 7:24, Isaiah 26:9
one: Job 33:23, Psalms 12:1
but: Solomon, instead of seeking one rational, virtuous woman, had collected an immense multitude, of various countries and religions, for magnificence and indulgence; among whom, as might have been expected, he had not found one who was thoroughly faithful, upright, and pious. He here uses the language of a penitent, warning others of the errors into which he had been led; and not that of a wasphish satirist, lashing indiscriminately one half of the human species. 1 Kings 11:1-3
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:3 - seven hundred Proverbs 20:6 - but Proverbs 31:10 - can
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not,.... He was very earnest and diligent in his inquiry; he took a great deal of pains, and was exceedingly solicitous; he sought with great intenseness of mind, and with an eager desire, to find out a chaste and virtuous woman among them all, but could not;
one man among a thousand have I found; it is a great rarity to find a good man n, truly wise and gracious; there are many that walk in the broad way, and but few that find the strait gate and narrow way, and are saved; they are but as one to a thousand; see Jeremiah 5:1. Or rather, by this one of a thousand, is meant the, Messiah, the Wisdom of God, he sought for, Ecclesiastes 7:25; and now says he found; to whom he looked for peace, pardon, and atonement, under a sense of his sins; who is the messenger, an interpreter, one among a thousand; yea, who is the chiefest among ten thousands, Job 33:23; who is superior to angels and men, in the dignity of his person; in the perfection, purity, and holiness of his nature; in the excellency of his names; in his offices and relations; and in his concern in the affairs of grace and salvation; and who is to be found by every truly wise and gracious soul that seeks him early and earnestly, in the word and ordinances, under the illumination and direction of the blessed Spirit. If it is to be understood of a mere man, I should think the sense was this; of all the men that have been ensnared and taken by an adulterous woman, but one of a thousand have I observed, and perhaps Solomon has respect to himself, that was ever recovered out of her hands;
but a woman among all those have I not found; that is, among all the harlots and adulterous women I ever knew or heard of, I never knew nor heard of one that was ever reclaimed from her evil ways, and reformed or became a chaste and virtuous woman: he may have respect to the thousand women that were either his wives and concubines, and, among all these, he found not one that deserved the above character; for this is not to be understood of women in general, for Solomon must have known that there have been good women in all ages, and perhaps more than men; and that there were many in his days, though those with whom his more intimate acquaintance was were not such, which was his unhappiness; and his criminal conversation with them is what he lamented and repented of. It may be interpreted thus, One man, the Messiah, among all the sons of men, have I found, free from original sin; but one woman, among all the daughters of Eve, I have not found clear of it. The Targum is,
"there is another thing which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found; a man perfect and innocent, without corruption, from the days of Adam, till Abraham the righteous was born; who was found faithful and just among the thousand kings who were gathered together to build the tower of Babel; and a woman among all the wives of those kings, as Sarah, I found not.''
n "Vir bonus et sapiens, qualem vix reperit unum, millibus e multio hominum, consultus Apollo." Auson. Idyll. 16. v. 1, 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
One man - One whose good qualities quite satisfy our expectation. Compare the expression “one among a thousand” (marginal reference).
A woman - The number of Solomon’s wives and concubines 1 Kings 11:3 was a thousand.
