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


In Context

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

2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

3 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child 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 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 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: