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ecclesiastes_10:5

Ecclesiastes 10:5

Hebrew
ESV
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:
NIV
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:
NLT
There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake
LXX
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greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
πονηρία ἣν εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἥλιον ὡς ἀκούσιον ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἐξουσιάζοντος
KJV
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

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