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Ecclesiastes 8:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 8:9

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 8

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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King James Version · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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World English Bible · Public domain
Protestant edition, 66 books, American spelling; uses LORD/GOD for the divine name. Text supplied by eBible.org.

American Standard Version · Public domain
American Standard Version (1901). Text supplied by eBible.org.

Berean Literal Bible · Public domain
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