Ecclesiastes 10:5

In 11 translations

BSB

There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler:

KJV

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:from: Heb. from before

WEB

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

ASV

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

LSV

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, || As ignorance that goes out from the ruler,

YLT

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,

DBY

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as an error [that] proceedeth from the ruler:

DRC

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince:

GNV

There is an euil that I haue seene vnder the sunne, as an errour that proceedeth from the face of him that ruleth.

JPS

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceedeth from a ruler:

LXXE

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.

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Original-language editions

WLC

יֵ֣שׁ רָעָ֔ה רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ כִּשְׁגָגָ֕ה שֶׁיֹּצָ֖א מִלִּפְנֵ֥י הַשַּׁלִּֽיט׃

LXX-Br

Ἔστι πονηρία ἣν εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, ὡς ἀκούσιον ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ προσώπου ἐξουσιάζοντος.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
• Ecclesiastes 6:1There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
• Ecclesiastes 3:16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
• Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
• Ecclesiastes 4:7Again, I saw futility under the sun.
• Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

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