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Ecclesiastes 6:1
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KJ21
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
ASV
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
AMP
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men:
AMPC
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavily upon men:
BRG
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
CSB
Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity:
CSBA
Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity:
CEB
I saw a tragedy under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon humanity.
CJB
I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on people:
CEV
There is something else terribly unfair, and it troubles everyone on earth.
DARBY
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:
DRA
There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:
ERV
I have seen another thing in this life that is not fair and is very hard to understand.
EASY
I have seen another terrible thing that happens on the earth. It causes people to have a lot of trouble.
EHV
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, a common burden that people bear:
ESV
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:
ESVUK
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:
EXB
I have ·seen [observed] something else ·wrong [evil] ·here on earth [L under the sun; 1:3] that ·causes serious problems for [is frequent among] people.
GNV
The miserable estate of him to whom God hath given riches, and not the grace to use them. There is an evil, which I saw under the sun, and it is much among men:
GW
There is a tragedy that I have seen under the sun. It is a terrible one for mortals.
GNT
I have noticed that in this world a serious injustice is done.
HCSB
Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity:
ICB
I have seen something else unfair here on earth. It causes serious problems for people.
ISV
There exists another misfortune that I have observed on earth, and it is a heavy burden upon human beings:
JUB
¶ There is another evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is very common among men:
KJV
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
AKJV
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
LSB
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men—
LEB
Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it is prevalent among humankind.
TLB
Yes, but there is a very serious evil which I have seen everywhere—
MSG
I looked long and hard at what goes on around here, and let me tell you, things are bad. And people feel it. There are people, for instance, on whom God showers everything—money, property, reputation—all they ever wanted or dreamed of. And then God doesn’t let them enjoy it. Some stranger comes along and has all the fun. It’s more of what I’m calling smoke. A bad business.
MEV
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:
NOG
There is a tragedy that I have seen under the sun. It is a terrible one for mortals.
NABRE
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon humankind:
NASB
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is widespread among mankind:
NASB1995
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men—
NCB
There is another evil that I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on the human race.
NCV
I have seen something else wrong here on earth that causes serious problems for people.
NET
Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:
NIRV
I’ve seen another evil thing on this earth. And it’s a heavy load on human beings.
NIV
I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind:
NIVUK
I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind:
NKJV
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
NLV
There is another bad thing which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard for men:
NLT
There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity.
NRSVA
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon humankind:
NRSVACE
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon humankind:
NRSVCE
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon humankind:
NRSVUE
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon humankind:
OJB
There is a ra’ah which I have seen under the shemesh, and it is a great weight upon the adam;
RGT
There is an evil which I saw under the Sun, and it is much among men:
RSV
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon men:
RSVCE
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon men:
TLV
There is a misery that I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon humanity.
VOICE
Teacher: I have seen another injustice under the sun, one that is a real burden upon humanity.
WEB
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
WYC
Also another evil there is (There is also another evil), which I saw under the sun; and certainly it is oft used with men.
YLT
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
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