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Ecclesiaste 7:27

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27 Vedi, io ho trovato questo, dice il Predicatore, cercando ogni cosa ad una ad una, per trovare come si deve ben giudicar delle cose;

Ecclesiaste 7:27 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:27

Behold, this have I found
That a harlot is more bitter than death; and which he found by his own experience, and therefore would have it observed by others for their caution: or one man among a thousand, ( Ecclesiastes 7:28 ) ; (saith the preacher);
of which title and character see ( Ecclesiastes 1:1 ) ; it is here mentioned to confirm the truth of what he said; he said it as a preacher, and, upon the word of a preacher, it was true; as also to signify his repentance for his sin, who was now the "gathered soul", as some render it; gathered into the church of God by repentance; [counting] one by one, to find out the account;
not his own sins, which he endeavoured to reckon up, and find out the general account of them, which yet he could not do; nor the good works of the righteous, and the sins of the wicked, which are numbered before the Lord one by one, till they are added to the great account; as Jarchi, from the Rabbins, interprets it, and so the Midrash: but rather the sense is, examining women, one by one, all within the verge of his acquaintance; particularly the thousand women that were either his wives or concubines; in order to take and give a just estimate of their character and actions. What follows is the result.

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Ecclesiaste 7:27 In-Context

25 Io mi sono aggirato con l’anima mia, per conoscere, per investigare, e per ricercar sapienza, e come si deve ben giudicar delle cose; e per conoscere l’empietà della stoltizia, e la follia delle pazzie;
26 ed ho trovata una cosa più amara che la morte, cioè: quella donna che non è altro che reti, e il cui cuore non è altro che giacchi, e le cui mani son tanti lacci; l’uomo gradevole a Dio scamperà da essa; ma il peccatore sarà preso da lei.
27 Vedi, io ho trovato questo, dice il Predicatore, cercando ogni cosa ad una ad una, per trovare come si deve ben giudicar delle cose;
28 il che ancora cerca l’anima mia, e non l’ho trovato ben ho trovato un uomo fra mille; ma fra altrettante donne, non ne ho trovata neppur una.
29 Sol ecco ciò che io ho trovato: che Iddio ha fatto l’uomo diritto; ma gli uomini hanno ricercati molti discorsi.
The Giovanni Diodati Bible is in the public domain.

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