Ecclesiastes 8:9

English Standard Version

9 All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt. (Ec 1:13)

New International Version

9 All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own[1] hurt.

New International Reader’s Version

9 I understood all these things. I used my mind to study everything that’s done on earth. A man sometimes makes life hard for others. But he ends up hurting himself.

King James Version

9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.