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


In Context

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 honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

3 If a man begetteth a hundred children, and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he hath no burial; I say, that 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among 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 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: