The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.
WEB
The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
YLT
The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written by the upright, words of truth.
DBT
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).