Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 8:14

יֵ֣שׁ הֶ֔בֶל אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה עַל הָאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵ֤שׁ צַדִּיקִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מַגִּ֣יעַ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה הָרְשָׁעִ֑ים וְיֵ֣שׁ רְשָׁעִ֗ים שֶׁמַּגִּ֤יעַ אֲלֵהֶם֙ כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה הַצַּדִּיקִ֔ים אָמַ֕רְתִּי שֶׁגַּם זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃
yesh hebel ʾasher naʿashah ʿal haʾareṣ ʾasher yesh ṣadiyqiym ʾasher magiyʿa ʾalehem kmaʿasheh harshaʿiym vyesh rshaʿiym shemagiyʿa ʾalehem kmaʿasheh haṣadiyqiym ʾamartiy shegam zeh habel
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

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