The Futility of Life
Ecclesiastes 6:1
In 11 translations
- BSB
- There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
- KJV
- There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
- WEB
- There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
- ASV
- There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
- LSV
- There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
- YLT
- There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
- DBY
- There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:
- DRC
- There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:
- GNV
- There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:
- JPS
- There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
- LXXE
- There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is abundant with man:
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- יֵ֣שׁ רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וְרַבָּ֥ה הִ֖יא עַל־הָאָדָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἔστι πονηρία ἣν εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, καὶ πολλή ἐστιν ὑπὸ τὸν ἄνθρωπον·
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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,
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