9 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.

9 All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.

9 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.

9 I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other.

9 I saw all of this as I considered all that is done here on earth. Sometimes people harm those they control.

9 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.

9 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.

9 I have seen all of this, and I have carefully considered all that is done under the sun whenever one person has authority to hurt others.

9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one man has authority over another to his harm.

9 All this I observed, applying my mind to all that is done under the sun, while one person exercises authority over another to the other’s hurt.

9 I saw all this as I applied my heart to all the deeds done under the sun: sometimes those in authority harm others.

9 I understood all of those things. I used my mind to study everything that’s done on earth. A man sometimes makes life hard for others. But he ends up hurting himself.

9 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.