Ecclesiastes 8:14 There is a meaningless and futile thing which is done on the earth: that is, there are righteous men whose gain is as though they were evil, and evil men who...

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Amplified Bible - There is a meaningless and futile thing which is done on the earth: that is, there are righteous men whose gain is as though they were evil, and evil men whose gain is as though they were righteous. I say that this too is futility (meaningless, vain).
新标点和合本 - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的，反照恶人所行的；又有恶人所遭遇的，反照义人所行的。我说，这也是虚空。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的，反而照恶人所做的；恶人所遭遇的，反而照义人所做的。我说，这也是虚空。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的，反而照恶人所做的；恶人所遭遇的，反而照义人所做的。我说，这也是虚空。
当代译本 - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人遭受了恶人当受的报应，恶人却享受了义人该享的福乐。我认为这也是虚空。
圣经新译本 - 在世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人照恶人所行的受报应，恶人照义人所行的得报偿。我说，这也是虚空。
中文标准译本 - 有一件虚空的事发生在地上：临到义人的是照着恶人所行的，临到恶人的是照着义人所行的。我说：“这也是虚空！”
现代标点和合本 - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的反照恶人所行的，又有恶人所遭遇的反照义人所行的。我说，这也是虚空。
和合本（拼音版） - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的，反照恶人所行的；又有恶人所遭遇的，反照义人所行的。我说，这也是虚空。
New International Version - There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.
New International Reader's Version - Here’s something else on this earth that doesn’t have any meaning. Sometimes godly people get what sinful people should receive. And sinful people get what godly people should receive. Here’s what I’m telling you. That doesn’t have any meaning either.
English Standard Version - 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.
New Living Translation - And this is not all that is meaningless in our world. In this life, good people are often treated as though they were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though they were good. This is so meaningless!
The Message - Here’s something that happens all the time and makes no sense at all: Good people get what’s coming to the wicked, and bad people get what’s coming to the good. I tell you, this makes no sense. It’s smoke.
Christian Standard Bible - There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked people who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
New American Standard Bible - There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility.
New King James Version - There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just 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.
American Standard Version - There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
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.
New English Translation - Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said, “This also is an enigma.”
World English Bible - 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.
新標點和合本 - 世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人所遭遇的，反照惡人所行的；又有惡人所遭遇的，反照義人所行的。我說，這也是虛空。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人所遭遇的，反而照惡人所做的；惡人所遭遇的，反而照義人所做的。我說，這也是虛空。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人所遭遇的，反而照惡人所做的；惡人所遭遇的，反而照義人所做的。我說，這也是虛空。
當代譯本 - 世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人遭受了惡人當受的報應，惡人卻享受了義人該享的福樂。我認為這也是虛空。
聖經新譯本 - 在世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人照惡人所行的受報應，惡人照義人所行的得報償。我說，這也是虛空。
呂振中譯本 - 有一件虛空的事、是地上常發生的：就是有義人、所遭遇的、是照惡人的行為應得的；又有惡人、所遭遇的、是照義人的行為所應得的：我說這也是虛空。
中文標準譯本 - 有一件虛空的事發生在地上：臨到義人的是照著惡人所行的，臨到惡人的是照著義人所行的。我說：「這也是虛空！」
現代標點和合本 - 世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人所遭遇的反照惡人所行的，又有惡人所遭遇的反照義人所行的。我說，這也是虛空。
文理和合譯本 - 世有虛空之事、有義人所遭、依惡人所作、有惡人所遇、依義人所為、我謂斯亦虛空、
文理委辦譯本 - 天下事可為長太息者、有時義人遭難、幾同惡人、惡人蒙休、有類義人、我則曰、此屬於虛。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 世間更有一患事、即有善人遭惡人所當遭者、有惡人遇善人所當遇者、我則曰、此亦屬於虛、
Nueva Versión Internacional - En la tierra suceden cosas absurdas, pues hay hombres justos a quienes les va como si fueran malvados, y hay malvados a quienes les va como si fueran justos. ¡Y yo digo que también esto es absurdo!
현대인의 성경 - 세상에는 이해할 수 없는 일이 많이 있다. 의로운 사람이 악인의 벌을 받는 경우가 있고 악인이 의로운 사람의 상을 받는 경우도 있으니 이것도 헛된 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Есть еще нечто суетное, что случается на земле: праведник получает то, что заслуживает нечестивый, а нечестивый получает то, что заслуживает праведник. И сказал я, что это тоже суета.
Восточный перевод - Есть ещё нечто пустое, что случается на земле: праведник получает то, что заслуживает нечестивый, а нечестивый получает то, что заслуживает праведник. И сказал я, что это тоже пустое.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Есть ещё нечто пустое, что случается на земле: праведник получает то, что заслуживает нечестивый, а нечестивый получает то, что заслуживает праведник. И сказал я, что это тоже пустое.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Есть ещё нечто пустое, что случается на земле: праведник получает то, что заслуживает нечестивый, а нечестивый получает то, что заслуживает праведник. И сказал я, что это тоже пустое.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il y a une autre chose déplorable qui se passe sur la terre : certains justes subissent le sort que méritent les agissements des méchants, et certains méchants ont le sort que méritent les œuvres des justes. Je me suis dit que c’est encore là bien déplorable !
リビングバイブル - この地上では、奇妙なことが起こっています。正しい人が悪人のような待遇を受け、逆に、悪人が正しい人のような待遇を受けているのです。これもまた、割り切れない思いにさせられます。
Nova Versão Internacional - Há mais uma coisa sem sentido na terra: justos que recebem o que os ímpios merecem, e ímpios que recebem o que os justos merecem. Isto também, penso eu, não faz sentido.
Hoffnung für alle - Und trotzdem geschieht so vieles auf der Welt, das keinen Sinn ergibt: Da geht es rechtschaffenen Menschen so schlecht, wie es den Gottlosen gehen sollte. Und da haben Gottlose ein so schönes Leben, als hätten sie Gottes Gebote befolgt. Das kommt mir alles so sinnlos vor!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Còn một điều vô nghĩa nữa xảy ra trong thế giới chúng ta. Trong cuộc đời này, có những người thiện bị đối xử như thể họ làm điều ác, lại có những người ác được đối xử như thể họ làm điều thiện. Đây cũng là điều vô nghĩa!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - มีสิ่งอนิจจังอีกอย่างที่เกิดขึ้นในโลกนี้คือ คนชอบธรรมรับผลที่ควรตกแก่คนชั่ว แต่คนชั่วกลับรับผลที่ควรตกแก่คนชอบธรรม ข้าพเจ้ากล่าวว่า นี่ก็อนิจจัง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - มีความไร้ค่าเกิดขึ้นในโลกนี้คือ บางครั้งคนที่มีความชอบธรรมได้รับสิ่งที่คนชั่วสมควรได้รับ และบางครั้งคนชั่วได้รับสิ่งที่ผู้มีความชอบธรรมสมควรได้รับ ข้าพเจ้าพูดว่า นั่นก็ไร้ค่าเช่นกัน

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Ecclesiastes 10:5 - There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler—
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - There was a certain man—without a dependent, having neither a child nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity (a wisp of smoke, self-conceit); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy task.
Job 9:22 - It is all one; therefore I say, ‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’
Job 9:23 - When [His] scourge kills suddenly, He mocks at the despair of the innocent.
Job 9:24 - The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blind to justice]. If it is not He, then who is it [that is responsible for all this injustice]?
Job 21:17 - “How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, And that their disaster falls on them? Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger?
Job 21:18 - Are they like straw before the wind, And like chaff that the storm steals and carries away?
Job 21:19 - You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’ Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.
Job 21:20 - Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:21 - For what pleasure does he have in his house and family after he is dead, When the number of his months [of life] is cut off?
Job 21:22 - Can anyone teach God knowledge, Seeing that He judges those on high?
Job 21:23 - One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
Job 21:24 - His pails are full of milk [his sides are filled out with fat], And the marrow of his bones is moist,
Job 21:25 - Whereas another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.
Job 21:26 - Together they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
Job 21:27 - “Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots by which you would wrong me.
Job 21:28 - For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man? And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’
Job 21:29 - Have you not asked those who travel this way, And do you not recognize their witness?
Job 21:30 - That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction, They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?
Job 21:31 - But who will confront him with his actions and rebuke him face to face, And who will repay him for what he has done?
Job 21:32 - When he is carried to his grave, A guard will keep watch over his tomb.
Job 21:33 - The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him], Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave], While countless ones go before him.
Job 21:34 - How then can you vainly comfort me with empty words, Since your answers remain untrue?”
Ecclesiastes 4:4 - I have seen that every [effort in] labor and every skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This too is vanity (futility, false pride) and chasing after the wind.
Job 24:21 - He preys on the barren (childless) woman And does no good for the widow.
Job 24:22 - Yet God draws away the mighty by His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of life.
Job 24:23 - God gives them security, and they are supported; And His eyes are on their ways.
Job 24:24 - They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything [they are] gathered up and taken out of the way; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
Job 24:25 - And if this is not so, who can prove me a liar And make my speech worthless?”
Jeremiah 12:1 - You, O Lord are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You; Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
Psalms 73:12 - Behold, these are the ungodly, Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.
Psalms 73:13 - Surely then in vain I have cleansed my heart And washed my hands in innocence.
Psalms 73:14 - For all the day long have I been stricken, And punished every morning.
Job 21:7 - Why do the wicked still live, Become old, and become mighty in power?
Ecclesiastes 9:1 - For I have taken all this to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.
Ecclesiastes 9:2 - It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers sacrifices and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as he who swears an oath is, so is he who is afraid to swear an oath.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 - This evil is in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all. Also, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and afterwards they go to the dead.
Psalms 73:3 - For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 - The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I know that [in the end] one fate happens to them both.
Malachi 3:15 - So now we call the arrogant happy and blessed. Evildoers are exalted and prosper; and when they test God, they escape [unpunished].’ ”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 - 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 lives a long life in [spite of] his wickedness.

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Amplified Bible - There is a meaningless and futile thing which is done on the earth: that is, there are righteous men whose gain is as though they were evil, and evil men whose gain is as though they were righteous. I say that this too is futility (meaningless, vain).
新标点和合本 - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的，反照恶人所行的；又有恶人所遭遇的，反照义人所行的。我说，这也是虚空。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的，反而照恶人所做的；恶人所遭遇的，反而照义人所做的。我说，这也是虚空。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的，反而照恶人所做的；恶人所遭遇的，反而照义人所做的。我说，这也是虚空。
当代译本 - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人遭受了恶人当受的报应，恶人却享受了义人该享的福乐。我认为这也是虚空。
圣经新译本 - 在世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人照恶人所行的受报应，恶人照义人所行的得报偿。我说，这也是虚空。
中文标准译本 - 有一件虚空的事发生在地上：临到义人的是照着恶人所行的，临到恶人的是照着义人所行的。我说：“这也是虚空！”
现代标点和合本 - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的反照恶人所行的，又有恶人所遭遇的反照义人所行的。我说，这也是虚空。
和合本（拼音版） - 世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的，反照恶人所行的；又有恶人所遭遇的，反照义人所行的。我说，这也是虚空。
New International Version - There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.
New International Reader's Version - Here’s something else on this earth that doesn’t have any meaning. Sometimes godly people get what sinful people should receive. And sinful people get what godly people should receive. Here’s what I’m telling you. That doesn’t have any meaning either.
English Standard Version - 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.
New Living Translation - And this is not all that is meaningless in our world. In this life, good people are often treated as though they were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though they were good. This is so meaningless!
The Message - Here’s something that happens all the time and makes no sense at all: Good people get what’s coming to the wicked, and bad people get what’s coming to the good. I tell you, this makes no sense. It’s smoke.
Christian Standard Bible - There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked people who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
New American Standard Bible - There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility.
New King James Version - There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just 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.
American Standard Version - There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
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.
New English Translation - Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said, “This also is an enigma.”
World English Bible - 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.
新標點和合本 - 世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人所遭遇的，反照惡人所行的；又有惡人所遭遇的，反照義人所行的。我說，這也是虛空。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人所遭遇的，反而照惡人所做的；惡人所遭遇的，反而照義人所做的。我說，這也是虛空。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人所遭遇的，反而照惡人所做的；惡人所遭遇的，反而照義人所做的。我說，這也是虛空。
當代譯本 - 世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人遭受了惡人當受的報應，惡人卻享受了義人該享的福樂。我認為這也是虛空。
聖經新譯本 - 在世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人照惡人所行的受報應，惡人照義人所行的得報償。我說，這也是虛空。
呂振中譯本 - 有一件虛空的事、是地上常發生的：就是有義人、所遭遇的、是照惡人的行為應得的；又有惡人、所遭遇的、是照義人的行為所應得的：我說這也是虛空。
中文標準譯本 - 有一件虛空的事發生在地上：臨到義人的是照著惡人所行的，臨到惡人的是照著義人所行的。我說：「這也是虛空！」
現代標點和合本 - 世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人所遭遇的反照惡人所行的，又有惡人所遭遇的反照義人所行的。我說，這也是虛空。
文理和合譯本 - 世有虛空之事、有義人所遭、依惡人所作、有惡人所遇、依義人所為、我謂斯亦虛空、
文理委辦譯本 - 天下事可為長太息者、有時義人遭難、幾同惡人、惡人蒙休、有類義人、我則曰、此屬於虛。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 世間更有一患事、即有善人遭惡人所當遭者、有惡人遇善人所當遇者、我則曰、此亦屬於虛、
Nueva Versión Internacional - En la tierra suceden cosas absurdas, pues hay hombres justos a quienes les va como si fueran malvados, y hay malvados a quienes les va como si fueran justos. ¡Y yo digo que también esto es absurdo!
현대인의 성경 - 세상에는 이해할 수 없는 일이 많이 있다. 의로운 사람이 악인의 벌을 받는 경우가 있고 악인이 의로운 사람의 상을 받는 경우도 있으니 이것도 헛된 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Есть еще нечто суетное, что случается на земле: праведник получает то, что заслуживает нечестивый, а нечестивый получает то, что заслуживает праведник. И сказал я, что это тоже суета.
Восточный перевод - Есть ещё нечто пустое, что случается на земле: праведник получает то, что заслуживает нечестивый, а нечестивый получает то, что заслуживает праведник. И сказал я, что это тоже пустое.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Есть ещё нечто пустое, что случается на земле: праведник получает то, что заслуживает нечестивый, а нечестивый получает то, что заслуживает праведник. И сказал я, что это тоже пустое.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Есть ещё нечто пустое, что случается на земле: праведник получает то, что заслуживает нечестивый, а нечестивый получает то, что заслуживает праведник. И сказал я, что это тоже пустое.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il y a une autre chose déplorable qui se passe sur la terre : certains justes subissent le sort que méritent les agissements des méchants, et certains méchants ont le sort que méritent les œuvres des justes. Je me suis dit que c’est encore là bien déplorable !
リビングバイブル - この地上では、奇妙なことが起こっています。正しい人が悪人のような待遇を受け、逆に、悪人が正しい人のような待遇を受けているのです。これもまた、割り切れない思いにさせられます。
Nova Versão Internacional - Há mais uma coisa sem sentido na terra: justos que recebem o que os ímpios merecem, e ímpios que recebem o que os justos merecem. Isto também, penso eu, não faz sentido.
Hoffnung für alle - Und trotzdem geschieht so vieles auf der Welt, das keinen Sinn ergibt: Da geht es rechtschaffenen Menschen so schlecht, wie es den Gottlosen gehen sollte. Und da haben Gottlose ein so schönes Leben, als hätten sie Gottes Gebote befolgt. Das kommt mir alles so sinnlos vor!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Còn một điều vô nghĩa nữa xảy ra trong thế giới chúng ta. Trong cuộc đời này, có những người thiện bị đối xử như thể họ làm điều ác, lại có những người ác được đối xử như thể họ làm điều thiện. Đây cũng là điều vô nghĩa!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - มีสิ่งอนิจจังอีกอย่างที่เกิดขึ้นในโลกนี้คือ คนชอบธรรมรับผลที่ควรตกแก่คนชั่ว แต่คนชั่วกลับรับผลที่ควรตกแก่คนชอบธรรม ข้าพเจ้ากล่าวว่า นี่ก็อนิจจัง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - มีความไร้ค่าเกิดขึ้นในโลกนี้คือ บางครั้งคนที่มีความชอบธรรมได้รับสิ่งที่คนชั่วสมควรได้รับ และบางครั้งคนชั่วได้รับสิ่งที่ผู้มีความชอบธรรมสมควรได้รับ ข้าพเจ้าพูดว่า นั่นก็ไร้ค่าเช่นกัน

Ecclesiastes 10:5 - There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler—
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - There was a certain man—without a dependent, having neither a child nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity (a wisp of smoke, self-conceit); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy task.
Job 9:22 - It is all one; therefore I say, ‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’
Job 9:23 - When [His] scourge kills suddenly, He mocks at the despair of the innocent.
Job 9:24 - The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blind to justice]. If it is not He, then who is it [that is responsible for all this injustice]?
Job 21:17 - “How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, And that their disaster falls on them? Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger?
Job 21:18 - Are they like straw before the wind, And like chaff that the storm steals and carries away?
Job 21:19 - You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’ Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.
Job 21:20 - Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:21 - For what pleasure does he have in his house and family after he is dead, When the number of his months [of life] is cut off?
Job 21:22 - Can anyone teach God knowledge, Seeing that He judges those on high?
Job 21:23 - One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet and satisfied;
Job 21:24 - His pails are full of milk [his sides are filled out with fat], And the marrow of his bones is moist,
Job 21:25 - Whereas another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting pleasure or good fortune.
Job 21:26 - Together they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
Job 21:27 - “Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots by which you would wrong me.
Job 21:28 - For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man? And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’
Job 21:29 - Have you not asked those who travel this way, And do you not recognize their witness?
Job 21:30 - That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction, They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?
Job 21:31 - But who will confront him with his actions and rebuke him face to face, And who will repay him for what he has done?
Job 21:32 - When he is carried to his grave, A guard will keep watch over his tomb.
Job 21:33 - The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him], Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave], While countless ones go before him.
Job 21:34 - How then can you vainly comfort me with empty words, Since your answers remain untrue?”
Ecclesiastes 4:4 - I have seen that every [effort in] labor and every skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This too is vanity (futility, false pride) and chasing after the wind.
Job 24:21 - He preys on the barren (childless) woman And does no good for the widow.
Job 24:22 - Yet God draws away the mighty by His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of life.
Job 24:23 - God gives them security, and they are supported; And His eyes are on their ways.
Job 24:24 - They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything [they are] gathered up and taken out of the way; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
Job 24:25 - And if this is not so, who can prove me a liar And make my speech worthless?”
Jeremiah 12:1 - You, O Lord are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You; Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
Psalms 73:12 - Behold, these are the ungodly, Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.
Psalms 73:13 - Surely then in vain I have cleansed my heart And washed my hands in innocence.
Psalms 73:14 - For all the day long have I been stricken, And punished every morning.
Job 21:7 - Why do the wicked still live, Become old, and become mighty in power?
Ecclesiastes 9:1 - For I have taken all this to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.
Ecclesiastes 9:2 - It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers sacrifices and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as he who swears an oath is, so is he who is afraid to swear an oath.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 - This evil is in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all. Also, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and afterwards they go to the dead.
Psalms 73:3 - For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 - The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I know that [in the end] one fate happens to them both.
Malachi 3:15 - So now we call the arrogant happy and blessed. Evildoers are exalted and prosper; and when they test God, they escape [unpunished].’ ”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 - 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 lives a long life in [spite of] his wickedness.