Category: Ecclesiastes

American Standard Version (ASV):
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

King James Version (KJV):
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:

American Standard Version (ASV):
And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

King James Version (KJV):
And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

American Standard Version (ASV):
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

King James Version (KJV):
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

King James Version (KJV):
Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor–this is the gift of God.

King James Version (KJV):
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this [is] the gift of God.

American Standard Version (ASV):
and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

King James Version (KJV):
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand.

American Standard Version (ASV):
As he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

King James Version (KJV):
As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

American Standard Version (ASV):
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

King James Version (KJV):
The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

American Standard Version (ASV):
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

King James Version (KJV):
There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

American Standard Version (ASV):
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

King James Version (KJV):
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.