9:3a This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun:

It is wrong that in this world
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This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth, (NET Bible)

9:3b There is one fate for everyone.

everyone’s life ends in the same way.
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the same fate awaits everyone. (NET Bible)

9:3a-b (combined)

It seems so tragic that everyone under the sun suffers the same fate. (New Living Translation (2004))
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It’s terribly unfair for the same thing to happen to each of us. (Contemporary English Version)

9:3c Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive,

⌊It is⌋ also ⌊wrong that⌋ people live evil and stupid lives.
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But it is also very bad that people always think evil and foolish thoughts. (English Easy-to-Read Version)

9:3d and afterward they join the dead.

Afterwards, they all die.
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In the end everyone dies.

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