Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;
WEB
“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
YLT
See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
DBT
See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason;
About this book
Old Testament▾
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).