Ecclesiastes 7:29

29 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

Ecclesiastes 7:29 in Other Translations

KJV
29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
ESV
29 See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.
NLT
29 But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path.”
MSG
29 Yet I did spot one ray of light in this murk: God made men and women true and upright; we're the ones who've made a mess of things.
CSB
29 Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright, but they pursued many schemes."

Ecclesiastes 7:29 In-Context

27 “Look,” says the Teacher, “this is what I have discovered: “Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things—
28 while I was still searching but not finding— I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all.
29 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.”
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