Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler: New Living Translation There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake English Standard Version There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: Berean Standard Bible There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler: King James Bible There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: New King James Version There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error proceeding from the ruler: New American Standard Bible There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a mistake that proceeds from the ruler: NASB 1995 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler— NASB 1977 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler— Legacy Standard Bible There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a mistake which goes forth from the one in power— Amplified Bible There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler— Christian Standard Bible There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error proceeding from the presence of the ruler: Holman Christian Standard Bible There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error proceeding from the presence of the ruler: American Standard Version There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: Aramaic Bible in Plain English There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error that goes forth before a ruler Brenton Septuagint Translation There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler. Contemporary English Version Rulers do some things that are terribly unfair: Douay-Rheims Bible There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince: English Revised Version There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: GOD'S WORD® Translation There is a tragedy that I've seen under the sun, an error often made by rulers. Good News Translation Here is an injustice I have seen in the world--an injustice caused by rulers. International Standard Version Here's another tragedy that I've observed on earth, a kind of error that comes from an overseer: JPS Tanakh 1917 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, Like an error which proceedeth from a ruler: Literal Standard Version There is an evil I have seen under the sun, | As ignorance that goes out from the ruler, Majority Standard Bible There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler: New American Bible I have seen under the sun another evil, like a mistake that proceeds from a tyrant: NET Bible I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes. New Revised Standard Version There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as great an error as if it proceeded from the ruler: New Heart English Bible There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler. Webster's Bible Translation There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: World English Bible There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler. Young's Literal Translation There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wisdom and Folly…4If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest. 5There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler: 6Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.… Cross References Proverbs 28:12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves. Ecclesiastes 10:4 If the ruler's temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest. Ecclesiastes 10:6 Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions. Treasury of Scripture There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler: an evil Ecclesiastes 4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. Ecclesiastes 5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. Ecclesiastes 6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: as an Ecclesiastes 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. Ecclesiastes 4:1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Jump to Previous Arises Chance Error Evil Forth Goes Proceedeth Proceeding Proceeds Ruler Sort SunJump to Next Arises Chance Error Evil Forth Goes Proceedeth Proceeding Proceeds Ruler Sort SunEcclesiastes 10 1. observations of wisdom and folly7. death in life 9. and the day of judgment in the days of youth, are to be thought on (5) Error.--The word is the same as at Ecclesiastes 10:6.Verse 5. - Koheleth gives his personal experience of apparent confusion in the ordering of state affairs. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun. Power gets into the hands of an unwise man, and then errors are committed and injustice reigns. As an error which proceedeth from the ruler. The כְּ here is cash veritatis, which denotes not comparison, but resemblance, the idealization of the individual, the harmony of the particular with the general idea. The evil which he noticed appeared to be (he does not affirm that it is) a mistake caused by the ruler; it so presented itself to his mind. The caution observed in the statement may be owing partly to the tacit feeling that such blots occasioned difficulties in the view taken of the moral government of the world. He does not intend to refer to God under the appellation "Ruler." The Septuagint renders, Ὡς ἀκούσιον ἐξῆλθεν, "As if it came involuntarily;" Vulgate, to much the same effect, Quasi per errorem egrediens. The idea here is either gnat the evil is one not produced by any intentional action of the ruler, but resulting from human imperfection, or that what appears to be a mistake is not so really. But these interpretations are unsuitable. Those who adhere to the Solomonic authorship of our book see here a prophetic intimation of the evil of Jeroboam's rule, which evil proceeded from the sins of Solomon himself and his son Rehoboam. (So Wordsworth, Motais, etc.) Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew There isיֵ֣שׁ (yêš) Adverb Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is an evil רָעָ֔ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil I have seen רָאִ֖יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7200: To see under תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of the sun— הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ (haš·šā·meš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement an error כִּשְׁגָגָ֕ה (kiš·ḡā·ḡāh) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7684: A mistake, inadvertent transgression that proceeds שֶׁיֹּצָ֖א (še·yō·ṣā) Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim from מִלִּפְנֵ֥י (mil·lip̄·nê) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the ruler: הַשַּׁלִּֽיט׃ (haš·šal·lîṭ) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7989: Having mastery, domineering Links Ecclesiastes 10:5 NIVEcclesiastes 10:5 NLT Ecclesiastes 10:5 ESV Ecclesiastes 10:5 NASB Ecclesiastes 10:5 KJV Ecclesiastes 10:5 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 10:5 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 10:5 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 10:5 French Bible Ecclesiastes 10:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 10:5 There is an evil which I have (Ecclesiast. 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