Ecclesiastes 8:14

Also another vanyte is, which is don on erthe. Iust men ben, to whiche yuels comen, as if thei diden the werkis of wickid men; and wickid men ben, that ben so sikur, as if thei han the dedis of iust men; but Y deme also this moost veyn.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13Good be not to the wickid man, nethir hise daies be maad longe; but passe thei as schadewe, that dreden not the face of the Lord.

15Therfor Y preysid gladnesse, that no good was to a man vndur the sunne, no but to ete, and drynke, and to be ioiful; and that he schulde bere awei with hym silf oneli this of his trauel, in the daies of his lijf, whiche God yaf to hym vndur the sunne.

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Cross References

Job 1:22In alle these thingis Joob synnede not in hise lippis, nether spak ony fonned thing ayens God.

Job 21:7Whi therfor lyuen wickid men? Thei ben enhaunsid, and coumfortid with richessis.

Job 24:21For he fedde the bareyn, and hir that childith not, and he dide not wel to the widewe.

Psalms 73:3Reise thin hondis in to the prides of hem; hou grete thingis the enemy dide wickidli in the hooli.

Ecclesiastes 2:14The iyen of a wijs man ben in his heed, a fool goith in derknessis; and Y lernede, that o perisching was of euer either.

Ecclesiastes 4:8oon is, and he hath not a secounde; not a sone, not a brother; and netheles he ceesith not for to trauele, nether hise iyen ben fillid with richessis; nether he bithenkith, and seith, To whom trauele Y, and disseyue my soule in goodis? In this also is vanyte, and the worste turment.

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