Ecclesiastes 8:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.”
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“There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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 · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 8:14 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 1:22In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
- Job 9:22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
- Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- Job 21:17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
- Job 24:21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
- Job 27:12Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
- Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
- Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
- Ecclesiastes 4:4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
- Ecclesiastes 7:15In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler:
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
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