# Ecclesiastes 7.29 **Book:** [Ecclesiastes](/codex/ecclesiastes/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 27. Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account; 28. 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. > > **29. Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.** (Ecclesiastes 7:27-29, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 27. “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find out the scheme; 28. which my soul still seeks; but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand; but I have not found a woman among all those. > > **29. Behold, I have only found this: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.”** (Ecclesiastes 7:27-29, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 27. Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: counting: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason 28. 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. > > **29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.** (Ecclesiastes 7:27-29, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 27. See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason 28. (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. > > **29. See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they, they have sought out many devices.** (Ecclesiastes 7:27-29, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [God Created Evil Objection Defeater](/codex/god-created-evil-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.