Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is a vanity which taketh place upon the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked, and that there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous. I said, “This also is vanity!”

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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

13But it shall not be well with the wicked: he shall be like a shadow, and shall not prolong his days, because he feareth not before God.

15Then I commended joy; because nothing is good for a man under the sun, except to eat and to drink and to be joyful; for it is this that abideth with him for his labor during the days of his life which God giveth him under the sun.

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Cross References

Job 1:22In all this Job sinned not, nor uttered vain words against God.

Job 21:7Why is it that the wicked live, Grow old, yea, become mighty in substance?

Job 24:21He oppresseth the barren, that hath not borne, And doeth not good to the widow.

Psalms 73:3For I was envious of the proud, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness; yet I perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one who is alone, and no one with him; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end to all his labor, and his eye is not satisfied with riches. “For whom, then [[saith he]], do I labor and deprive myself of good?” This also is vanity; yea, it is an evil thing!

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:10-14

The Evil of Oppressive Rulers. 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 12 Though a sinner do… Read the whole commentary →

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