9All 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.


In Context

6 For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.

7 For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?

8 There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

9 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.

10 And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also is vanity.

11 Because sentence hath not been done on an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

Ecclesiastes 8:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9All 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:9All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:9All these things I have considered, and applied my heart to all the works that are done under the sun. Sometimes one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:9All 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9All 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:9All 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9All 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9All 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man rules over another to his own hurt.