Ecclesiastes 7:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

One man - One whose good qualities quite satisfy our expectation. Compare the expression “one among a thousand” (marginal reference).

A woman - The number of Solomon’s wives and concubines 1 Kings 11:3 was a thousand.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

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.