Ecclesiastes 6:1
World English Bible (WEB)
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
In context
1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he;
Ecclesiastes 6:1 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
- KJV King James Version
- There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
- ASV American Standard Version
- There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:
- DBY Darby Translation
- There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:
- WBS Webster Bible
- There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: