Ecclesiastes 8:9

New English Translation

While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this: Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:7

Zedekiah’s sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon then had Zedekiah’s eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.

Exodus 14:28

The water returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh that was coming after the Israelites into the sea – not so much as one of them survived!

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile – like chasing the wind!

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

Just as there is futility in many dreams, so also in many words. Therefore, fear God!

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the Lord our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day.