Ecclesiastes 8:14
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 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — સભાશિક્ષક ૮:૧૪
- દુનિયા પર એક એવી વ્યર્થતા છે કે, કેટલાક નેક માણસોને દુષ્ટના કામનાં ફળ પ્રમાણે ફળ મળે છે અને દુષ્ટ માણસોને નેકીવાનોના કામના ફળ મળે છે. મેં કહ્યું આ પણ વ્યર્થતા છે.
- हिन्दी — सभोपदेशक ८:१४
- एक व्यर्थ बात पृथ्वी पर होती है , अर्थात् ऐसे धर्मी हैं जिनकी वह दशा होती है जो दुष्टों की होनी चाहिये, और ऐसे दुष्ट हैं जिनकी वह दशा होती है जो धर्मियों की होनी चाहिये। मैंने कहा कि यह भी व्यर्थ ही है।
In context
12Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
14There 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.
15Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),
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