Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 8:9
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
All this have I seen while applying 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 own hurt {or} to the other man's.
Contemporary English Version
I noticed all this and thought seriously about what goes on in the world. Why does one person have the power to hurt another?
Darby English Version
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.
Good News Bible
I saw all this when I thought about the things that are done in this world, a world where some people have power and others have to suffer under them.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
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 International Version
All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.
New King James Version
All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has taken place under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over another man to his hurt.
Revised Standard Version
All this I observed while applying my mind to all that is done under the sun, while man lords it over man to his hurt.
Young's Literal Translation
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.