Ecclesiastes 7:27

Behold, this haue I found (saith the Preacher) counting one by one to finde out the account:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Behold, I have discovered this, says the Preacher, "{adding} one thing to another to find an explanation,"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, `laying' one thing to another, to find out the account;
- American Standard Version (1901)

Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
- Basic English Bible

"Behold," says the Teacher, "I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

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

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.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher; laying one thing to another, to find out the account:
- English Revised Version

Behold, I have found this, says the Preacher, "one to another, to find out the scheme;
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 7:27

7:27 To find - That I might make a true and just estimate.