◄ Ecclesiastes 6:1 ►
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Good News Translation
I have noticed that in this world a serious injustice is done.

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

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

New American Bible
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon humankind:

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

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

Context
The Futility of Life
1There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:2A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.

Ecclesiastes 6:2
A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.

Ecclesiastes 5:20
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