Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I have seen everything during my
King James Version
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Holman Bible
In my futile life
International Standard Version
I have seen it all during my pointless life: both a righteous person who dies while he is righteous, and a wicked person who lives to an old age, while remaining wicked.
A Conservative Version
All this I have seen in my days of vanity. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs [his life] in his evil-doing.
American Standard Version
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.
Amplified
I have seen everything during my [fleeting] days of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who
Bible in Basic English
These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
Darby Translation
All this have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his days by his wickedness.
Julia Smith Translation
I saw all in the days of my vanity: there is a just one perishing in his justice, and there is an unjust one, being prolonged in his evil.
King James 2000
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
All things I have seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just one who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked one who prolongs life in his wickedness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
These two things also have I considered in the time of vanity: that the just man perisheth for his righteousness' sake, and the ungodly liveth in his wickedness.
NET Bible
During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.
New Heart English Bible
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
The Emphasized Bible
Everything, had I seen, in my days of vanity, - Here was a righteous man, perishing in his righteousness, and there was a lawless man, continuing long in his wickedness.
Webster
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
World English Bible
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
Youngs Literal Translation
The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging himself in his wrong.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:15
Prayers for Ecclesiastes 7:15
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The Law Of Retribution Does Not Always Work'But It Does Sometimes
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But
God has made the one as well as the other
So that man will
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few
Genesis 47:9
So Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The
1 Samuel 22:18-19
Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and
1 Kings 21:13
Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.”
2 Chronicles 24:21-22
So
Job 9:22-23
‘He
Job 21:7-15
Continue on, also become very
Psalm 39:6
Surely they make an
He
Psalm 73:3-13
As I saw the
Ecclesiastes 2:23
Because all his days his task is painful and
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is
Ecclesiastes 5:16-17
This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man
Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
For I have taken all this to my heart and explain
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your
Isaiah 65:20
Or an old man who does
For the youth will die at the age of one hundred
And the
Will be thought accursed.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
Indeed I would
Why has the
Why are all those who
Matthew 23:34-35
John 16:2
Acts 7:52