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Ecclesiastes 7:15

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AVOIDING EXTREMES

15In my futile lifeA I have seen everything:k someone righteous perishes in spite of his righteousness,l and someone wicked lives long in spite of his evil.m

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Footnotes

  1. A days

Cross references

  1. kEc 6:12; 9:9
  2. lEc 8:14
  3. mEc 8:12–13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have seen everything in this meaningless life, including the death of good young people and the long life of wicked people.

LEBThe Lexham English 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.

KJV 1900King 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.