Ecclesiastes 8:14
“There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 8:14 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Es ist eine Eitelkeit, die auf Erden geschieht: daß es Gerechte gibt, welchen nach dem Tun der Gesetzlosen widerfährt, und daß es Gesetzlose gibt, welchen nach dem Tun der Gerechten widerfährt. Ich sagte, daß auch das Eitelkeit sei.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Hay vanidad que se hace sobre la tierra: que hay justos á quienes sucede como si hicieran obras de impíos; y hay impíos á quienes acaece como si hicieran obras de justos. Digo que esto también es vanidad.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Há outra futilidade que é feita sobre a terra: que há justos a quem acontece conforme as obras dos perversos, e há perversos a quem acontece conforme as obras dos justos. Digo que isso também é futilidade.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Há outra coisa sem sentido que ocorre na terra: o que acontece às pessoas justas, também acontece às injustas, e o que acontece às pessoas injustas acontece às justas. Digo que isso também é ilusão.
📖 Ecclesiastes 8:14 in Context
12Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
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