Ecclesiastes 6:1

New Living Translation

There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity.

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on man:

New Century Version
I have seen something else wrong here on earth that causes serious problems for people.

New English Translation
Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:

Webster's Bible Translation
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:

World English Bible
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

Amplified Bible
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on men:

English Standard Version
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also another yuel is, which Y siy vndur the sunne; and certis it is oft vsid anentis men.

English Revised Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

Berean Standard Bible
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

Contemporary English Version
There is something else terribly unfair, and it troubles everyone on earth.

American Standard Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

Bible in Basic English
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

Complete Jewish Bible
I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on people:

Darby Translation
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:

Easy-to-Read Version
I have seen another thing in this life that is not fair and is very hard to understand.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

King James Version (1611)
There is an euill which I haue seen vnder the Sun, and it is common among men:

New Life Bible
There is another bad thing which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard for men:

New Revised Standard
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon humankind:

Geneva Bible (1587)
There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:

George Lamsa Translation
THERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men;

Good News Translation
I have noticed that in this world a serious injustice is done.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Here was an evil, I had seen under the sun, - and it is, common, among men:

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:

Revised Standard Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon men:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is abundant with man:

Christian Standard Bible®
Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity:

Hebrew Names Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

King James Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

Lexham English Bible
Here is another misfortune that I have seen under the sun, and it is prevalent among humankind.

Literal Translation
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great among men:

Young's Literal Translation
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There is yet a plage vnder ye Sonne, & it is a generall thinge amonge me:

THE MESSAGE
I looked long and hard at what goes on around here, and let me tell you, things are bad. And people feel it. There are people, for instance, on whom God showers everything—money, property, reputation—all they ever wanted or dreamed of. And then God doesn't let them enjoy it. Some stranger comes along and has all the fun. It's more of what I'm calling smoke. A bad business.

New American Standard Bible
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is widespread among mankind:

New King James Version
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men—

Legacy Standard Bible
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men—

Contextual Overview

¹ There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity. ² God gives some people great wealth and honor and everything they could ever want, but then he doesn't give them the chance to enjoy these things. They die, and someone else, even a stranger, ends up enjoying their wealth! This is meaningless—a sickening tragedy. ³ A man might have a hundred children and live to be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in life and doesn't even get a decent burial, it would have been better for him to be born dead. ⁴ His birth would have been meaningless, and he would have ended in darkness. He wouldn't even have had a name, ⁵ and he would never have seen the sun or known of its existence. Yet he would have had more peace than in growing up to be an unhappy man. ⁶ He might live a thousand years twice over but still not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else—well, what's the use?

Bible Verse Review
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Ecclesiastes 5:13

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 9:13 - General Ecclesiastes 10:5 - an evil

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun,.... The Vulgate Latin version reads it, another evil; but wrongly, for the same is considered as before, the evil of covetousness; which is one of the evil things that come out of the heart of man; is abominable to the Lord, contrary to his nature and will, and a breach of his law, which forbids it, and is the root of all evil; this is an evil under the sun, for there is nothing of this kind above it; and it fell under the observation of Solomon in various instances;

and it [is] common among men; or, "great over men" u; or "over the man", the covetous man: it spreads itself over them; few were free from it, even so long ago, in those early times, and in such times in which silver was made no account of, and was like stones in Jerusalem, as common as they; and yet the sin of covetousness, of hoarding up money and making no use of it, for a man's own good, and the good of others, was very rife among men, 1 Kings 10:27.

u ורבה היא על האדם "et multum ipsum super hominem", Montanus; "et magaum est illud super hominem istum", Rambachius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Common among - Rather, great (heavy) upon people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VI

The vanity of riches without use, 1, 2.

Of children and of old age without riches and enjoyment, 3-7.

Man does not know what is good for himself, 8-12.

NOTES ON CHAP. VI