Ecclesiastes 7:27 - American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Behold, this I have found, says the Preacher, while weighing one thing after another to find out the right estimate [and the reason]–

Common English Bible

See, this is what I found, says the Teacher, examining one matter after another to account for things.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And I have discovered a woman more bitter than death: she who is like the snare of a hunter, and whose heart is like a net, and whose hands are like chains. Whoever pleases God shall flee from her. But whoever is a sinner shall be seized by her.