Verse List for ECC 7:15

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OET (OET-RV) I’ve seen everything in my days of pointlessness: ⇔ There’s godly people dying despite doing everything right, ⇔ and there are wicked people living long lives doing evil.

OET-LV DOM (the)_everything I _have _seen in_the _days _of my _futility _of_my there_is a _righteous_person who_perishes in_righteousness _of_his and_there_is a _wicked_person who_prolongs in_evil _of_his.

ULT ⇔  I have seen both in the days of my vapor: ⇔ There is, a righteous, person perishing in his righteousness, ⇔  and there is, a wicked, person lengthening in his evil.

UST ⇔  In my lifetime, as fleeting as the fading mist of my breath, I have witnessed two opposite scenarios. ⇔ On the one hand, many good people die too young, even though they live justly. ⇔  On the other hand, many bad people live long and prosperous lives, even though they live unjustly and wickedly.

BSB & MSB 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 No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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,[fn] 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
• 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.

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.

Moff All manner of things have I seen in my fleeting life, the good man perishing by his very goodness and the evil man flourishing upon his evil.

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.

Drby 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.

SLT 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.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 All things haue I seene in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his righteousnes, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickednes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps 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 vanity: that the just man perisheth for his righteousness sake, and the ungodly liveth/lives in his wickedness.)

Gnva 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?)

Cvdl 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 2 things also have I considered in ye/you_all time of vanity: it the just man perisheth for his righteousness sake, and the ungodly liveth/lives in his wickedness.)

Wycl 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 evil day; for God made so this day as that day, that a man find not just playnyngis against him.)

Luth 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.
(All_sorts_of have I seen the time/period above mine vanity. So is a righteous_(one) and goes under in his justice, and is a godless_one(s), the/of_the long lives in his wickedness/malice.)

ClVg 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.[fn]
(In day good(s) enjoy good, and evil day beforecave; like because this, so and her he_did God, as not/no find man on_the_contrary him justs querimonias.)

UHB אֶת־הַ⁠כֹּ֥ל רָאִ֖יתִי בִּ⁠ימֵ֣י הֶבְלִ֑⁠י יֵ֤שׁ צַדִּיק֙ אֹבֵ֣ד בְּ⁠צִדְק֔⁠וֹ וְ⁠יֵ֣שׁ רָשָׁ֔ע מַאֲרִ֖יךְ בְּ⁠רָעָתֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Σύμπαντα εἶδον ἐν ἡμέραις ματαιότητός μου· ἐστὶ δίκαιος ἀπολλύμενος ἐν δικαίῳ αὐτοῦ, καί ἐστιν ἀσεβὴς μένων ἐν κακίᾳ αὐτοῦ.

BrTr 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.