Charles Ellicott Commentary Ecclesiastes 7:28

"which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found." — Ecclesiastes 7:28 (ASV)

One man among a thousand.— See Job 9:3; Job 33:23. The disparaging estimate of the female sex here expressed is common in countries where polygamy is practiced. (Sirach 42:13.) It is credible enough that Solomon, with his thousand wives, did not find a good one among them; but see Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 31:10.