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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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One man - One whose good qualities quite satisfy our expectation. Compare the expression “one among a thousand” (marginal reference). A woman...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

my soul . I myself. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. seeketh . sought.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, this have I found, &c.— Behold, this have I found ( saith the orator ), examining them one by one, to find out the reason of it: E...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. My soul seeke...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

One man among a thousand. — See Job 9:3 ; Job 33:23 . The disparaging estimate of the female sex here expressed is common in countries where poly...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The preacher now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least likely to be sa...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: (22) For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 28. Which y...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, saith the preacher Or, the penitent , who speaks what he hath learned, both by deep study and costly experience; this have I found And i...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My soul seeketh; it seemed so wonderful to me, that I suspected I had not made a sufficient inquiry, and therefore I returned to search again with...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:19-8 Koheleth seems to have had a suspicion all the time that his view of life was a low one. He intimates that he had tried for a...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yet seeketh — I returned to search again with more earnestness. I find not — That it was so, he found, but the reason of the thing he could not fin...

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.

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 7:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ecclesiastes 7:28