Ecclesiastes 8:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“All 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.”
Ecclesiastes 8:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 8:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 8:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“All this I have 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.”
Ecclesiastes 8:9 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“All 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. ”
Ecclesiastes 8:9 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 8:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“All 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. ”
Ecclesiastes 8:9 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“All this haue I seene, and haue giuen mine heart to euery worke, which is wrought vnder the sunne, and I sawe a time that man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt.”
Ecclesiastes 8:9 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:9 in Context — Ecclesiastes 8
7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
9 All 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.
10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:9 Mean?
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