Ecclesiastes 7:28
“Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not,.... He was very earnest and diligent in his inquiry; he took a great deal of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
One man - One whose good qualities quite satisfy our expectation. Compare the expression “one among a thousand”…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 7:23-29
Solomon had hitherto been proving the vanity of the world and its utter insufficiency to make men happy; now here he…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
one man among a thousand have I found We have, in the absence of an adjective, to supply the thought "a man such as he…
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