Ecclesiastes 7:29 - American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

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Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Behold, this is the only [reason for it that] I have found: God made man upright, but they [men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].

See, this alone I found: God made human beings straightforward, but they search for many complications.

which my soul still seeks and has not found. One man among a thousand, I have found; a woman among them all, I have not found.