我發現日光之下有一件可悲的事，似乎是掌權者所犯的錯誤：

我见日光之下有一件祸患，似乎出于掌权的错误，

我见日光之下有一件祸患，似乎出于统治者的错误，

我见日光之下有一件祸患，似乎出于统治者的错误，

我发现日光之下有一件可悲的事，似乎是掌权者所犯的错误：

在日光之下我看见一件憾事，好像是出于官长无意的错误，

我看到在日光之下有一种祸患，好像是出自掌权者无意的过错：

我見日光之下有一件禍患，似乎出於掌權的錯誤，

我見日光之下有一件禍患，似乎出於統治者的錯誤，

我見日光之下有一件禍患，似乎出於統治者的錯誤，

在日光之下我看見一件憾事，好像是出於官長無意的錯誤，

我見日光之下有一件禍患、似乎是出於執政者不知不覺的錯誤：

我看到在日光之下有一種禍患，好像是出自掌權者無意的過錯：

我於日下、見有一患、似出於執政者之錯誤、

天下事可長太息者、我嘗見之矣、長者所行不善、使愚者坐高位、智者居末座、

我又見日下有一大患事、乃出於秉權者之錯誤、

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

Here’s something evil I’ve seen on this earth. And it’s 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:

There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

我看到日光之下有一件可悲的事：有人積攢財寶，反而害了自己。

我又看到日光之下，即使在公道和正義之地也有邪惡。

我看見日光之下有一件可悲的事，重重地壓在人身上：

於是，我又觀察日光之下的一切欺壓之事。我看見受欺壓的淚流滿面，無人安慰。因為欺壓者有權有勢，所以無人安慰他們。

我又看見日光之下一件虛空的事：

在日光之下有一件可悲的事，就是人最終的命運都一樣。再者，人內心都充滿邪惡，活著的時候行事狂妄，最後都步入死亡。