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Ecclesiastes 8:14 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 8 · verse 14
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.Ecclesiastes 8:14 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 8:14 in context
12Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
14There 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.
15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- happenethnâgaʻproperly, to touchH5060 →
- vanityhebelemptiness or vanityH1892 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- doneʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- justtsaddîyqjustH6662 →
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Wise and good men have, of old, been perplexed with this difficulty, how the prosperity of the wicked and the troubles of the righteous can be reconciled with the holiness and goodness of the God that governs the world. Concerning this Solomon here gives us his advice. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-17