Compare Translations for Ecclesiastes 7:29

29 Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright, but they pursued many schemes."

29 See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.

29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

29 Yet I did spot one ray of light in this murk: God made men and women true and upright; we're the ones who've made a mess of things.

29 "Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices."

29 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

29 Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes."

29 But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path.”

29 See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes.

29 Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

29 This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

29 See, this alone I found: God made human beings straightforward, but they search for many complications.

29 See, this alone I found: God made human beings straightforward, but they search for many complications.

29 This is the only thing I have found, that God made human beings upright, but they have devised many schemes.

29 Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

29 This is all that I have learned: God made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated.

29 This is all that I have learned: God made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated.

29 I have found only this: God made people decent, but they looked for many ways [to avoid being decent]."

29 Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.

29 Behold, this only have I found: that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many perversions.

29 Lo , this only have I found , that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

29 Look! This alone I found: God made mankind upright, but they have devised many schemes."

29 which my soul sought after, but I found not: for I have found one man of a thousand; but a woman in all these I have not found.

29 One thing I have learned: God made people good, but they have found all kinds of ways to be bad."

29 Here's the only other thing I found. God made men honest. But they've made many evil plans."

29 See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes.

29 (7-30) Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?

29 Behold, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

29 Behold, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

29 Lo, this only have I found: that God hath made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions."

29 Lo, this only have I found: that God hath made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions."

29 quam adhuc quaerit anima mea et non inveni virum de mille unum repperi mulierem ex omnibus non inveni

29 quam adhuc quaerit anima mea et non inveni virum de mille unum repperi mulierem ex omnibus non inveni

29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

29 Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.

29 I found this only, that God made a man rightful [that God made man right]; and (then) he meddled himself with questions without number. (I found only this, that God made a person upright, or clear-headed; but then he mixed himself in/mixed himself up with too many questions.)

29 See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.