8:9a All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun;

I observed all these things while I was trying hard to understand everything that people do in this world.
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I saw all this. I thought very hard about the things that happen in this world. (English Easy-to-Read Version)
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I saw all these things that happen on the earth. I thought about them a lot. I thought about the things that happen on the earth. (EEB)

8:9b there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.

Sometimes people harm those they control. (New Century Version)
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There are times when a ruler controls other people and treats them unjustly.
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I saw that people sometimes use their power to hurt other people. (EEB)

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