1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:


In Context

1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:

2 one to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, and 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 a sore evil.

3 If a man beget a hundred sons, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and also he have no burial, I say an untimely birth is better than he.

Ecclesiastes 6:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:1I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:1There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great on man:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: