Ecclesiastes 3:17

3:17 I thought to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked;

for there is an appropriate time for every activity,

and there is a time of judgment for every deed.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

7:28 What I have continually sought, I have not found;

I have found only one upright man among a thousand,

but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.


tn The phrase “a time of judgment” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

tn The word “only” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness.

tn The word “upright” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation twice, here and in the following line, for clarity.