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 Porque no sabe lo que ha de ser; y el cuándo haya de ser, ¿quién se lo enseñará?
8 No hay hombre que tenga potestad sobre el espíritu para retener el espíritu, ni potestad sobre el día de la muerte: y no [valen] armas en [tal] guerra; ni la impiedad librará al que la posee.
9 Todo esto he visto, y puesto he mi corazón en todo lo que debajo del sol se hace: hay tiempo en que el hombre se enseñorea del hombre para mal suyo.
10 Esto vi también: que los impíos sepultados vinieron aún [en memoria]; mas los que partieron del lugar santo, fueron luego puestos en olvido en la ciudad donde con rectitud habían obrado. Esto también es vanidad.
11 Porque no se ejecuta luego sentencia sobre la mala obra, el corazón de los hijos de los hombres está en ellos lleno para hacer mal.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:9 Mean?
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