“"Behold, I have found this, says the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account. Which still my soul seeks, but I have not found it. I have found one man among a thousand, but one woman among all those I have not found. Only this have I found: that God has made man righteous, but he has sought out many inv…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ecclesiastes
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28Which 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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26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
— Ecclesiastes 7:28 —
29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.