“Which 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.”
The final reflection that the Preacher finds only this: that God made humans upright, but they have sought out many schemes, consolidates chapter 7's findings and returns to fundamental anthropology. The tension between divine intention (uprightness) and human actuality (complex schemes and corruptions) suggests that the human condition involves a fall from original goodness. This verse implies that wisdom involves recognizing humanity's capacity for self-deception and elaborate justifications.
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