Ecclesiastes 7:29 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.

English ASV

Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

English Amplified

Behold, this is the only [reason for it that] I have found: God made man upright, but they [men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Behold, this is the only [reason for it that] I have found: God made man upright, but they [men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright, but they pursued many schemes.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

English EASY 2024

I did learn this: God made people to do what is right. But people have chosen their own way to do things.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"There is one other thing I have learned. God made people good, but they have found many ways to be bad."

See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

This is all that I have learned: God made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated.

English God's Word - GW 1995

I have found only this: God made people decent, but they looked for many ways {to avoid being decent}."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright, but they pursued many schemes."

English KJV 1611

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

English LSB

See, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Observe, this thing alone I have discovered, that God made people upright, but they have gone after many schemes.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Behold, only this have I found out: God made mankind straight, but men have had recourse to many calculations.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Here's the only other thing I found. God made men honest. But they've made many evil plans."

English NIV

This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes."

English NKJ 1982

Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes.”

English NLT

I discovered that God created people to be upright, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Behold, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

And I found that though God has made men upright, each has turned away to follow his own downward road.

English Tyndale 1537

Lo, this onely have I found, that God made man just and right, but they seek divers sotylties,(subtleties or sodalities)

Ecclesiastes 7:29 — Compare Translations