Ecclesiastes 7:27
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
‖Behold, this haue I found (saith the Preacher) counting one by one to finde out the account:
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, weighing one thing after another to finde out the reason.
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- Ecclesiastes 12:8–10Rank 1 from verse 27
8¶ 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.
8¶ *Uanitie of vanities (saith the preacher) all is vanitie.
9‖*And moreouer because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, yea he gaue good heed, and sought out, and set in order many prouerbes.
10†The preacher sought to finde out acceptable words, and that which was written was vpright, euen wordes of trueth.
- Ecclesiastes 1:1–2Rank 2 from verse 27
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Ecclesiastes 7:27
1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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1. Discovered or obtained. 2. Established or founded.
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One who publicly proclaims or teaches a message.
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Sense 1: The act of numbering or calculating. Sense 2: The act of reckoning, regarding, esteeming, or accounting as.
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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Sense 1: A reckoning, record, report, or explanation. Sense 2: As a verb, to reckon, consider, or give an account.
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26And 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.
26*†And I finde more bitter then death, the woman whose heart is snares & nets, and her handes as bands: who so pleaseth God, shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
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:
Selected passage28Which 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.