Ecclesiastes 10:5 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler:

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

I have seen another terrible thing that happens on the earth. It happens when a ruler does a silly thing.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Here is something else that I have seen in this life that isn't fair. It is the kind of mistake that rulers make.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Here is an injustice I have seen in the world—an injustice caused by rulers.

English God's Word - GW 1995

There is a tragedy that I've seen under the sun, an error often made by rulers.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a mistake which goes forth from the one in power—

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler--

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

I have seen under the sun another evil, like a mistake that proceeds from the ruler:

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Here's something evil I've seen on this earth. And it's the kind of mistake that rulers make.

English NIV

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

There is another evil I have seen as I have watched the world go by. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as great an error as if it proceeded from the ruler:

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

There is another evil I have seen as I have watched the world go by, a sad situation concerning kings and rulers:

English Tyndale 1537

Another plague is there, which I have seen under the son: namely, the ignorance that is commonly among princes:

Ecclesiastes 10:5 — Compare Translations