Ecclesiastes 8:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 8:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 8:14 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 8:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 8:14 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Ecclesiastes 8:14 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also <FI>is<Fi> vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 8:14 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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; and there are wicked [men] to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 8:14 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“There is a vanitie, which is done vpon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the iust: I thought also that this is vanitie.”
Ecclesiastes 8:14 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:14 in Context — Ecclesiastes 8
12 Though 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:
13 But 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.
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.
15 Then 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.
16 When 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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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:14 Mean?
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