Ecclesiastes 8:14

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Summary

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.

A vanity

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Ecclesiastes 9:3

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There be just

Bible References

A vanity

I also realized that all [of the] toil and all [of] the skillful work that is done--it [is] envy between one man and {another}. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

This [is] the {injustice} that is done under the sun: the same fate [comes] to everyone. Also the hearts of {humans} are full [of] evil; delusion [is] in their hearts during their lives, and then they die.

There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler!

There be just

{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

I have seen all these things in my vain life: Sometimes a righteous man perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked man lives a long life in [spite of] his evil.

So all this I laid to my heart, and I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, [are] in the hand of God. So no one knows anything that will [come] to them, whether [it will be] love or hatred.

It [is all] one; therefore I say, 'He destroys [both the] blameless and [the] wicked.'

"How often is [the] lamp of [the] wicked put out, and their disaster comes upon them? He distributes pains in his anger.

[He] feeds on [the] barren, [who] does not have a child, and does no good to [the] widow.

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.

And now we [are] calling [the] arrogant blessed! Not only do those who do wickedness prosper; they also test God and they escape!'"