Ecclesiastes 6:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Ecclesiastes 6:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 6:1 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 6:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Ecclesiastes 6:1 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Ecclesiastes 6:1 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 6:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it <FI>is<Fi> great on man:”

Ecclesiastes 6:1 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 6:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Ecclesiastes 6:1 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 6:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:”

Ecclesiastes 6:1 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 6:1 in Context — Ecclesiastes 6

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 honour, so that 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 it is an evil disease.

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

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What Does Ecclesiastes 6:1 Mean?

Ecclesiastes 6:1 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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