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

Contemporary English Version
Rulers do some things that are terribly unfair:

New American Bible
I have seen under the sun another evil, like a mistake that proceeds from a tyrant:

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince:

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince:

an evil

Ecclesiastes 4:7 Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 5:13 There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.

Ecclesiastes 6:1 There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and that frequent among men:

Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell.

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Ecclesiastes 3:16 I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.

Ecclesiastes 4:1 I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.