Ecclesiastes 6:1
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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.

Lexicon
There is
יֵ֣שׁ (yêš)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

another evil
רָעָ֔ה (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

I have seen
רָאִ֖יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

under
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the sun,
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

and it
הִ֖יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

weighs heavily
וְרַבָּ֥ה (wə·rab·bāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

upon
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

mankind:
הָאָדָֽם׃ (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being


Additional Translations
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is abundant with man:

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is frequent among men:

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great on man:
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