27 Beholde (sayeth ye preacher) this haue I diligently searched out & proued, yt I might come by knowlege: which as yet I seke, and fynde it not.
Ecclesiastes 7:27 Cross References - Coverdale
Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
Ecclesiastes 12:8-10
8 All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.
9 The same preacher was not wyse alone, but taught the people knowlege also: he gaue good hede, sought out the groude and set forth many parables.
10 His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, and the wordes of trueth.