Ecclesiastes 8:9
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 8:9 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Das alles habe ich gesehen, und habe mein Herz auf alles Tun gerichtet, welches unter der Sonne geschieht, zur Zeit, wo der Mensch über die Menschen herrscht zu ihrem Unglück.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
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.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Tudo isto vi quando fiz coração considerar toda obra que se faz abaixo do sol: há um tempo em que um homem passa a dominar outro homem, para sua própria ruína.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eu vi tudo isso, e apliquei meu coração a todo tipo de trabalho que é feito sob o sol. Há um tempo quando uma pessoa oprime a outra para sua própria infelicidade.
📖 Ecclesiastes 8:9 in Context
7For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
9All 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.
10And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
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