KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Ecclesiastes 7:27–28
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Ecclesiastes 7:27
27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
27‖Behold, this haue I found (saith the Preacher) counting one by one to finde out the account:
- Or, weighing one thing after another to finde out the reason.
Ecclesiastes 7:28
28Which 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.
28Which 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.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 7:27
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
One who publicly proclaims or teaches a message; the KJV context identifies the person and message.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To account or reckon.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A reckoning, record, report, or explanation; as a verb, to reckon, consider, or give an account.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 7:28
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 27
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Open the full verse study8¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
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Open the full verse study1THE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
From verse 28
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Open the full verse study23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
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Open the full verse study1HELP, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
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Open the full verse study1BUT king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
2Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
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Open the full verse study23¶ All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
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Open the full verse study9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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