There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
WEB
There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler:
YLT
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,
DBT
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as an error [that] proceedeth from the ruler:
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).