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Read›Ecclesiastes›Chapter 6

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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