Ecclesiastes 1:12

Futility of Secular Accomplishment

1:12 I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

7:28 What I have continually sought, I have not found;

I have found only one upright man among a thousand,

but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.


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tn The word “only” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness.

tn The word “upright” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation twice, here and in the following line, for clarity.