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Ecclesiastes 7:27

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

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רְאֵה֙reehseeרָאָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “see”, a commandH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…זֶ֣הzehthe one...the otherזֶהpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…מָצָ֔אתִיmatsaticomeמָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “come”, a completed actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…אָמְרָ֖הamerahsayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…קֹהֶ֑לֶתqoheletpreacherקֹהֶלֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “preacher”, the ordinary formH6953a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching (used as a 'nom de plume', Koheleth)preacher.אַחַ֥תachatfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,לְאַחַ֖תleachatto firstאֶחָדpreposition, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “to first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,לִמְצֹ֥אlimtsoto comeמָצָאpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to come”, the to-form of the verbH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…חֶשְׁבּֽוֹןcheshbonaccountחֶשְׁבּוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “account”, the ordinary formH2808properly, contrivance; by implication, intelligenceaccount, device, reason.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason

World English Bible

“Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation

Darby Translation

See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason;

Douay-Rheims

And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter’s snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, seeking by one at a time to find out the account,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἴδε τοῦτο εὗρον, εἶπεν ὁ Ἐκκλησιαστής· μία τῇ μιᾷ τοῦ εὑρεῖν λογισμὸν,