Ecclesiastes 8:9 | |
NASB: All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over [another] man to his hurt. (NASB ©1995) GWT: I have seen all of this, and I have carefully considered all that is done under the sun whenever one person has authority to hurt others. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. ASV: All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt. BBE: All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction. DBY: All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time when man ruleth man to his hurt. JPS: All this have I seen, even applied my heart thereto, whatever the work that is done under the sun; what time one man had power over another to his hurt. WBS: All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: there is a time in which one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. WEB: All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt. YLT: All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil. | |
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