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Ecclesiastes 10:5

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10:5I have seen another17 misfortune18 on the earth:19

It is an error a ruler makes.20

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Footnotes

  1. 17 The term “another” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to indicate that this is not the first “misfortune” described by the Teacher. See 5:13, 16; 6:1–2.
  2. 18 Heb “an evil.”
  3. 19 Heb “under the sun.”
  4. 20 Heb “like an error that comes forth from the presence of a ruler.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

There is an evil I have seen under the sun,

the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error proceeding from the presence of the ruler:

NLTNew Living Translation

There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

There is an evil I have seen under the sun—

it is an error that proceeds from a ruler!

KJV 1900King James Version

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: