“All this haue I seene, and applied my heart vnto euery worke that is done vnder the Sunne: there is a time wherein one man ruleth ouer another to his owne hurt.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
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
All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over {another} man to his hurt.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.
- Basic English Bible
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time when man ruleth man to his hurt.
- Darby Bible
All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: there is a time in which one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
- Webster's Bible
All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.
- World English Bible
All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.
- Youngs Literal Bible
All this have I seen, even applied my heart thereto, whatever the work that is done under the sun; what time one man had power over another to his hurt.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 8:9
8:9 To his hurt - There are some kings, who use their power tyrannically, whereby they not only oppress their people, but hurt themselves, bringing the vengeance of God upon their own heads.