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Ecclesiastes 7:15

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15My life has been useless, but in it I have seen everything. Some good people may die while others live on, even though they are evil.

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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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In my futile life I have seen everything: someone righteous perishes in spite of his righteousness, and someone wicked lives long in spite of his evil.

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.