Ecclesiastes 8:9

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.

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7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

8 As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.

10 Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

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Ecclesiastes 8:9 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: 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.
ASV American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.
DBY Darby Translation: 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.
WBS Webster Bible: All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: there is a time in which one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.