Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBehold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they--they have sought out many devices.
Only see this which I have found: thatGod made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
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).