Ecclesiastes 6:1
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
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- 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:
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- 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:
- DARBY
- There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:
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- There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great upon mankind:
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- Det er en ulykke som jeg har sett under solen, og som hviler tungt på mennesket:
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- Jeg har sett en ondskap under solen, og den er utbredt blant menneskene:
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- Det er en ulykke som jeg har sett under solen, og som hviler tungt på mennesket:
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Cross references
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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