Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. A collection of wisdom observations including: a good name is better than precious ointment and the day of death is better than the day of birth. The Preacher declares he found one upright man in a thousand but not one …
Andere Übersetzungen
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they--they have sought out many devices.
This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
Querverweise
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Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which …
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: …
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to …
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of …
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, …