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.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationswhich 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 one such woman.
(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.
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.
About this book
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About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).