Parallel ECC 7:15

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BSB § 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.

OEB In the course of my illusory life I have witnessed all sort of things – honest men ruined by their very honesty, and unprincipled men who owe their

WEB 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.

NET 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.

LSV The 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.

FBV Throughout my life I've seen so much that is hard to understand. Good people who die young despite doing what is right, and wicked people who live long evil lives.

T4T ¶ During all the time that I have been alive I have seen a lot of [HYP] things that seem senseless.
 ⇔ I have seen righteous people die while they are still young,
⇔ and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time
⇔ in spite of their continuing to be wicked.

LEB  • Sometimes a righteous man perishes in spite of his righteousness, •  and sometimes a wicked man lives a long life in spite of his evil.

BBE These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

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JPS All 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.

ASV 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.

DRA In the good day enjoy good things, and beware beforehand of the evil day: for God hath made both the one and the other, that man may not find against him any just complaint.

YLT 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.

DBY All [this] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous [man] that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his days] by his wickedness.

RV 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.

WBS 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.

KJB 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.
  (All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.)

BB All thinges haue I considered in the time of my vanitie: that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnesse sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.
  (All things have I considered in the time of my vanitie: that the just man perishth for his righteousnesse sake, and the ungodly liveth/lives in his wickedness.)

GNV Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?
  (Behold the work of God: for who can make straight that which he hath/has made crooked?)

CB These ij. thiges also haue I cosidred in ye tyme of vanite: yt the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.
  (These ij. thiges also have I cosidred in ye/you_all time of vanite: it the just man perishth for his rightuousnes sake, and the ungodly liveth/lives in his wickedness.)

WYC In a good day vse thou goodis, and bifore eschewe thou an yuel day; for God made so this dai as that dai, that a man fynde not iust playnyngis ayens hym.
  (In a good day use thou/you goods, and before eschewe thou/you an yuel day; for God made so this day as that day, that a man find not just playnyngis against him.)

LUT Allerlei habe ich gesehen die Zeit über meiner Eitelkeit. Da ist ein Gerechter und gehet unter in seiner Gerechtigkeit, und ist ein GOttloser, der lange lebt in seiner Bosheit.
  (Allerlei have I gesehen the Zeit above my Eitelkeit. So is a Gerechter and gehet under in his Gerechtigkeit, and is a Godloser, the lange lebt in his Bosheit.)

CLV In die bona fruere bonis, et malam diem præcave; sicut enim hanc, sic et illam fecit Deus, ut non inveniat homo contra eum justas querimonias.
  (In die good fruere bonis, and malam diem præcave; sicut because hanc, so and illam fecit God, as not/no inveniat human contra him justas querimonias.)

BRN 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.

BrLXX Σύμπαντα εἶδον ἐν ἡμέραις ματαιότητός μου· ἐστὶ δίκαιος ἀπολλύμενος ἐν δικαίῳ αὐτοῦ, καί ἐστιν ἀσεβὴς μένων ἐν κακίᾳ αὐτοῦ.
  (Sumpanta eidon en haʸmerais mataiotaʸtos mou; esti dikaios apollumenos en dikaiōi autou, kai estin asebaʸs menōn en kakia autou.)