Passage

Uprightness and human schemes

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

²⁹Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”

Ecclesiastes 7:29World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The speaker closes this search with a statement about God making humanity upright.

He attributes the many schemes to human beings.

Who is said to have sought the many schemes?