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Ecclesiastes 7:27 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 27. 27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
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Quick Meaning
This verse attributes the next conclusion to Qoheleth after comparing matters one by one to find an account.
The search fails, and a bitter saying about the woman
This verse is one part of that explanation in Ecclesiastes 7:23-29. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Ecclesiastes 7:23-29
Read Ecclesiastes 7:27 with 7:23-29. This verse attributes the next conclusion to Qoheleth after comparing matters one by one to find an account. The full unit establishes this movement: Qoheleth admits wisdom remained far, reports severe gendered sayings from the search, and ends by broadening the indictment: God made humankind upright, but human beings sought many schemes.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The speaker's most ethically dangerous report is enclosed by failed knowledge and a final universal conclusion, requiring readers to preserve the gendered harm without turning it into divine condemnation of women. Within that movement, this verse attributes the next conclusion to Qoheleth after comparing matters one by one to find an account.
What Remains True
The troubling conclusion is presented as the speaker's investigated reckoning, not an unmarked universal oracle.
How It Can Shape Life
- Track who is speaking and how the epilogue later frames the inquiry.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Ecclesiastes 7:23-29 — A Failed Search and the Dangerous-Woman SayingSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The verse does not make counting people a sufficient method for judging their moral worth.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Ecclesiastes 7:23-29, repository-pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ecclesiastes
Open Scriptures
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Eccl.xml, 7:23-29
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NET Bible: Ecclesiastes with translators' notes
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Biblical Studies Press, 2006
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Exact location: NET Bible Ecclesiastes PDF, printed pp. 1210-1211, translation and notes on 7:23-29
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