Ecclesiastes 7:27

“Behold, this have I found, etc.] That a harlot is more bitter than death; and which he found by his own experience, and therefore would have it observed by others for their caution: or one man among a thousand, (<210728>Ecclesiastes 7:28); (saith the preacher); of which title and character (see <210101>Ecclesiastes 1:1); it is here mentioned to confirm the truth of what he said; he said it as a preacher, and, upon the word of a preacher, it was true; as also to signify his repentance for his sin, who was now the “gathered soul”, as some render it; gathered into the church of God by repentance; [counting] one by one, to find out the account; not his own sins, which he endeavoured to reckon…”

“this--namely, what follows in Ecc 7:28. counting one by one--by comparing one thing with another [HOLDEN and MAURER]. account--a right estimate. But Ecc 7:28 more favors GESENIUS. "Considering women one by one."”

“To find - That I might make a true and just estimate. Ecclesiastes 7:28”

“saith: Ecc 1:1, Ecc 1:2, Ecc 12:8-10 counting one by one, to find out the account: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason, Ecc 7:25 Ecclesiastes 7:28”

“"Behold what I have found, saith Koheleth, adding one thing to another, to find out the account: What my soul hath still sought, and I have not found, (is this): one man among a thousand have I found; and a woman among all these have I not found." It is the ascertained result, "one man, etc.," which is solemnly introduced by the words preceding. Instead of אם קה, the words ראמר הקּה are to be read, after Ecc 12:8, as is now generally acknowledged; errors of transcription of a similar kind are found at Sa2 5:2; Job 38:12. Ginsburg in vain disputes this, maintaining that the name Koheleth, as denoting wisdom personified, may be regarded as fem. as well as mas.; here, where the female sex is so…”