קהלת 8:9

Hebrew Modern Translation

את כל זה ראיתי ונתון את לבי לכל מעשה אשר נעשה תחת השמש עת אשר שלט האדם באדם לרע לו׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
את כל זה ראיתי ונתון את לבי לכל מעשה אשר נעשה תחת השמש עת אשר שלט האדם באדם לרע לו

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
אֶת־כָּל־זֶ֤ה רָאִ֙יתִי֙ וְנָתֹ֣ון אֶת־לִבִּ֔י לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֶׂ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ עֵ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֧ט הָאָדָ֛ם בְּאָדָ֖ם לְרַ֥ע לֹֽו ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
אֶת־כָּל־זֶה רָאִיתִי וְנָתוֹן אֶת־לִבִּי לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ עֵת אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַט הָאָדָם בְּאָדָם לְרַע לֹֽו ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

this: Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 3:10, Ecclesiastes 4:7, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 7:25

there is: Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ecclesiastes 5:13, Exodus 14:5-9, Exodus 14:28, Deuteronomy 2:30, 2 Kings 14:10-12, 2 Kings 25:7

Reciprocal: Proverbs 2:2 - apply Proverbs 22:17 - apply Proverbs 24:30 - went Ecclesiastes 1:13 - I gave Ecclesiastes 8:16 - When I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All this have I seen,.... Observed, taken notice of, and thoroughly considered; all that is said above, concerning the scarcity of good men and women, the fall of our first parents, the excellency of wisdom, the necessity and advantage of keeping the king's commandment, the time and manner of doing it, the evil consequences that follow an inattention to these things, ignorance of what is to come, and the unavoidableness of death;

and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun; not so much to mechanic works and manual operations performed by men, as to moral or immoral works, and chiefly the work of Providence with respect to good and bad men, the consequence of which were the following observations;

[there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt; or "the man ruleth over men" h; for this is not to be understood of private rule in families, of the parent over his children, or master over his servant, but of a king over his subjects; who is the man, the principal man in the kingdom; and such a man ruling in an arbitrary and tyrannical way is to his own detriment in the issue. So Rehoboam; by his oppressive government, lost ten tribes out of twelve. Some have lost their whole kingdoms, and come to an untimely end; as well as ruined their immortal souls. Some render it "to his hurt" i; to the hurt of those that are ruled, when it should be for their good, the protection of their persons and properties; but instead of that they lay heavy burdens upon them, take away their property, and injure and insult their persons. So the Targum,

"to do ill to him.''

But Jarchi interprets it of the king himself. Some take it in both senses; and so it is usually in fact, that wicked princes rule to their own hurt, and the hurt of their subjects.

h האדם "homo", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius Tremellius, &c. i לרע לו "in ipsus perniciem", Tigurine version "in noxam ipsi", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To his own hurt - Or, “to the hurt of the subject.” The case is still that of an unwise king whose command is obeyed Ecclesiastes 8:2 even to the hurt of the wise man who obeys him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ecclesiastes 8:9. One man ruleth over another to his own hurt. — This may be spoken of rulers generally, who, instead of feeding, fleece the flock; tyrants and oppressors, who come to an untimely end by their mismanagement of the offices of the state. All these things relate to Asiatic despots, and have ever been more applicable to them than to any other sovereigns in the world. They were despotic; they still are so.