Parallel Verses
Amplified
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men:
New American Standard Bible
There is an
King James Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Holman Bible
Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun,
International Standard Version
There exists another misfortune that I have observed on earth, and it is a heavy burden upon human beings:
A Conservative Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
American Standard Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
Bible in Basic English
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;
Darby Translation
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:
Julia Smith Translation
There is evil which I saw under the sun, and it is much upon man:
King James 2000
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] prevalent among humankind.
Modern King James verseion
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great among men:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There is yet a plague under the Sun, and it is a general thing among men:
NET Bible
Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:
New Heart English Bible
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
The Emphasized Bible
Here was an evil, I had seen under the sun, - and it is, common, among men:
Webster
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
World English Bible
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
Youngs Literal Translation
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great on man:
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 6:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Those Who Have Wealth But Do Not Enjoy It Are Pitiful
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men:
2
a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God has not given him the power or capacity to enjoy them [all those things which are gifts from God], but a stranger [in whom he has no interest succeeds him and] enjoys them. This is vanity and it is a [cause of] great distress.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.