Ecclesiastes 6:1

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

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In other translations

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

Hebrew words

יֵשׁyeshthereH3426רָעָהra'ah[is] an evilH7451אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834רָאִיתִיra'itiI have seenH7200תַּחַתtachatunderH8478הַשָּׁמֶשׁhashameshthe sunH8121וְרַבָּהverabahand [is] greatH7227הִיאhi'itH1931עַל־'al-onH5921הָאָדָם׃ha'adam<the> humankindH120

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Related verses

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.There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

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