Eclesiastés 7:27

27 «Llegué a la siguiente conclusión —dice el Maestro—, la descubrí después de analizar la cuestión desde todos los ángulos posibles.

Eclesiastés 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.

Eclesiastés 7:27 In-Context

25 Busqué por todas partes, decidido a encontrarla y a entender la razón de las cosas. Me había propuesto demostrarme a mí mismo que la maldad es una tontería y la insensatez, una locura.

26 Descubrí que una mujer seductora
es una trampa más amarga que la muerte. Su pasión es una red, y sus manos suaves son cadenas. Los que agradan a Dios escaparán de ella, pero los pecadores caerán en su trampa.

27 «Llegué a la siguiente conclusión —dice el Maestro—, la descubrí después de analizar la cuestión desde todos los ángulos posibles.

28 Aunque lo he investigado una y otra vez, veo que aún no encuentro lo que buscaba. Hay solo un hombre virtuoso entre mil, ¡pero ni una sola mujer!

29 Sin embargo, sí encontré lo siguiente: Dios creó al ser humano para que sea virtuoso, pero cada uno decidió seguir su propio camino descendente».