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 Mais il ne sait point ce qui arrivera, et qui lui dira comment cela arrivera?
8 L’homme n’est pas maître de son souffle pour pouvoir le retenir, et il n’a aucune puissance sur le jour de la mort; il n’y a point de délivrance dans ce combat, et la méchanceté ne saurait sauver les méchants.
9 J’ai vu tout cela, et j’ai appliqué mon cœur à tout ce qui se fait sous le soleil. Il y a un temps où l’homme domine sur l’homme pour le rendre malheureux.
10 Alors j’ai vu des méchants recevoir la sépulture et entrer dans leur repos, et ceux qui avaient agi avec droiture s’en aller loin du lieu saint et être oubliés dans la ville. C’est encore là une vanité.
11 Parce qu’une sentence contre les mauvaises actions ne s’exécute pas promptement, le cœur des fils de l’homme se remplit en eux du désir de faire le mal.
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