Ecclesiastes 8:14-15
Legacy Standard Bible
14 There is vanity which is done on the earth, that is, there are (A)righteous men to whom it [a]happens according to the works of the wicked. On the other hand, there are (B)wicked men to whom it [b]happens according to the works of the righteous. I say that this too is vanity. 15 So I laud gladness, for there is nothing good for (C)a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to [c]be merry, and this will join with him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:14 Lit strikes
- Ecclesiastes 8:14 Lit strikes
- Ecclesiastes 8:15 Or be glad, cf. 8:15a; 3:12, 22; 5:19; Luke 12:19
Ecclesiastes 8:14-15
American Standard Version
14 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. 15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: [a]for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:15 Or, and that this should accompany him
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