Ecclesiastes 7:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 7:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 7:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing. ”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 7:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging <FI>himself<Fi> in his wrong.”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 7:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“All [this] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous [man] that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his days] by his wickedness. ”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 7:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:15 in Context — Ecclesiastes 7
13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
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What Does Ecclesiastes 7:15 Mean?
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