Ecclesiastes 8:14 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. T...

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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.
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 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.
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).
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, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business!
Job 9:22 - It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
Job 9:23 - When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.
Job 9:24 - When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?
Job 21:17 - “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?
Job 21:18 - How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?
Job 21:19 - It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’ Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!
Job 21:20 - Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:21 - For what do they care about the families they leave behind when their allotted months come to an end?
Job 21:22 - “Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?
Job 21:23 - One person dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease,
Job 21:24 - well nourished in body, bones rich with marrow.
Job 21:25 - Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good.
Job 21:26 - Side by side they lie in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Job 21:27 - “I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Job 21:28 - You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great, the tents where the wicked lived?’
Job 21:29 - Have you never questioned those who travel? Have you paid no regard to their accounts—
Job 21:30 - that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity, that they are delivered from the day of wrath?
Job 21:31 - Who denounces their conduct to their face? Who repays them for what they have done?
Job 21:32 - They are carried to the grave, and watch is kept over their tombs.
Job 21:33 - The soil in the valley is sweet to them; everyone follows after them, and a countless throng goes before them.
Job 21:34 - “So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”
Ecclesiastes 4:4 - And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Job 24:21 - They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow they show no kindness.
Job 24:22 - But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.
Job 24:23 - He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.
Job 24:24 - For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
Job 24:25 - “If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?”
Jeremiah 12:1 - You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Psalm 73:12 - This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
Psalm 73:13 - Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence.
Psalm 73:14 - All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.
Job 21:7 - Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Ecclesiastes 9:1 - So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.
Ecclesiastes 9:2 - All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As it is with the good, so with the sinful; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 - This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.
Psalm 73:3 - For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 - The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.
Malachi 3:15 - But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’ ”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 - In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: the righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

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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.
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 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.
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).
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, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:
Ecclesiastes 4:8 - There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business!
Job 9:22 - It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
Job 9:23 - When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.
Job 9:24 - When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?
Job 21:17 - “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?
Job 21:18 - How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?
Job 21:19 - It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’ Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!
Job 21:20 - Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:21 - For what do they care about the families they leave behind when their allotted months come to an end?
Job 21:22 - “Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?
Job 21:23 - One person dies in full vigor, completely secure and at ease,
Job 21:24 - well nourished in body, bones rich with marrow.
Job 21:25 - Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having enjoyed anything good.
Job 21:26 - Side by side they lie in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Job 21:27 - “I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Job 21:28 - You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great, the tents where the wicked lived?’
Job 21:29 - Have you never questioned those who travel? Have you paid no regard to their accounts—
Job 21:30 - that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity, that they are delivered from the day of wrath?
Job 21:31 - Who denounces their conduct to their face? Who repays them for what they have done?
Job 21:32 - They are carried to the grave, and watch is kept over their tombs.
Job 21:33 - The soil in the valley is sweet to them; everyone follows after them, and a countless throng goes before them.
Job 21:34 - “So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”
Ecclesiastes 4:4 - And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Job 24:21 - They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow they show no kindness.
Job 24:22 - But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.
Job 24:23 - He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.
Job 24:24 - For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
Job 24:25 - “If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?”
Jeremiah 12:1 - You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Psalm 73:12 - This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
Psalm 73:13 - Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence.
Psalm 73:14 - All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.
Job 21:7 - Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Ecclesiastes 9:1 - So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.
Ecclesiastes 9:2 - All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As it is with the good, so with the sinful; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 - This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.
Psalm 73:3 - For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 - The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.
Malachi 3:15 - But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’ ”
Ecclesiastes 7:15 - In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: the righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.