Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation I have seen everything in this meaningless life, including the death of good young people and the long life of wicked people. English 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. Berean Standard Bible In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. King James Bible 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. New King James Version I have seen everything in my days of vanity: There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness. New American Standard Bible I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous person who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked person who prolongs his life in his wickedness. NASB 1995 I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness. NASB 1977 I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness. Legacy Standard Bible I have seen everything during my days of vanity; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing. Amplified Bible 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. Christian 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil. American Standard Version All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing. Contemporary English Version I have seen everything during this senseless life of mine. I have seen good citizens die for doing the right thing, while criminals live and prosper. English Revised Version All this have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing. GOD'S WORD® Translation I have seen it all in my pointless life: Righteous people die in spite of being righteous. Wicked people go on living in spite of being wicked. Good News Translation My 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. International Standard Version I have seen it all during my pointless life: both a righteous person who dies while he is righteous, and a wicked person who lives to an old age, while remaining wicked. Majority Standard Bible In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. NET Bible During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds. New Heart English Bible All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrongdoer prolonging [himself] in his wrong. Young's Literal Translation The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging himself in his wrong. Smith's Literal Translation I saw all in the days of my vanity: there is a just one perishing in his justice, and there is an unjust one, being prolonged in his evil. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThese things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible I have seen all manner of things in my vain days: the just perishing in their justice, and the wicked living long in their wickedness. New Revised Standard Version In my vain life I have seen everything; there are righteous people who perish in their righteousness, and there are wicked people who prolong their life in their evildoing. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAll things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Everything I have seen in the days of futility: there is a righteous one who is destroyed in his righteousness and there is an evil one who is prolonged in his evil OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing. Brenton Septuagint Translation I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Limits of Human Wisdom15 In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. 16Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?… Cross References Job 21:7-15 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? / Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. / Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them. ... Psalm 73:3-14 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. / They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. / They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. ... Jeremiah 12:1-2 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? / You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts. Habakkuk 1:13 Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? Proverbs 3:11-12 My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; / for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights. Isaiah 57:1-2 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil. / Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death. Job 12:6 The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands. Psalm 37:35-36 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, / yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found. Malachi 3:15 So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’” Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Luke 13:1-5 At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. / To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way? / No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. ... John 9:1-3 Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. 2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. Hebrews 12:5-11 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. / For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” / Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? ... Treasury of Scripture All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness. have I Ecclesiastes 2:23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. Ecclesiastes 5:16,17 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? … Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? there is a just Ecclesiastes 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. Ecclesiastes 8:14 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. Ecclesiastes 9:1,2 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them… there is a wicked Ecclesiastes 8:12,13 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: … Job 21:7-15 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? … Psalm 73:3-13 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked… Jump to Previous Considered End Evil Evildoing Evil-Doing Futility Good Life Meaningless Perishes Perisheth Perishing Prolongeth Prolonging Prolongs Purpose Righteous Righteousness Vain Vanity Whole Wicked Wickedness Wrong Wrong-DoerJump to Next Considered End Evil Evildoing Evil-Doing Futility Good Life Meaningless Perishes Perisheth Perishing Prolongeth Prolonging Prolongs Purpose Righteous Righteousness Vain Vanity Whole Wicked Wickedness Wrong Wrong-DoerEcclesiastes 7 1. remedies against vanity are, a good name2. mortification 7. patience 11. wisdom 23. The difficulty of wisdom In my futile life The phrase "In my futile life" is a candid acknowledgment by the author, traditionally believed to be Solomon, of the transient and often perplexing nature of human existence. The Hebrew word for "futile" is "hebel," which can also be translated as "vanity" or "breath," suggesting something fleeting and insubstantial. This reflects the broader theme of Ecclesiastes, which grapples with the seeming meaninglessness of life under the sun without a divine perspective. The acknowledgment of life's futility serves as a reminder of the need for a God-centered worldview to find true purpose and meaning. I have seen both of these a righteous man perishing in his righteousness and a wicked man living long in his wickedness Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew In my futileהֶבְלִ֑י (heḇ·lî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory life בִּימֵ֣י (bî·mê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day I have seen רָאִ֖יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7200: To see both of these: הַכֹּ֥ל (hak·kōl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every A righteous man צַדִּיק֙ (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous perishing אֹבֵ֣ד (’ō·ḇêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish in his righteousness, בְּצִדְק֔וֹ (bə·ṣiḏ·qōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity [and] וְיֵ֣שׁ (wə·yêš) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is a wicked man רָשָׁ֔ע (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person living long מַאֲרִ֖יךְ (ma·’ă·rîḵ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 748: To be, long in his wickedness. בְּרָעָתֽוֹ׃ (bə·rā·‘ā·ṯōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil Links Ecclesiastes 7:15 NIVEcclesiastes 7:15 NLT Ecclesiastes 7:15 ESV Ecclesiastes 7:15 NASB Ecclesiastes 7:15 KJV Ecclesiastes 7:15 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 7:15 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 7:15 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 7:15 French Bible Ecclesiastes 7:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 7:15 All this have I seen in my (Ecclesiast. 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