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Ecclesiastes 8:14

King James Version (KJV)

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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 8:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 8:14

Theological / Devotional

Vanity. Despite Solomon’s conviction stated in vs. 12 and 13, he nonetheless feels distressed because of certain perplexing paradoxes.

Just men. The Hebrew term thus rendered suggests men who practice righteousness. Job faced the same problem (Job 9:22; cf. Eccl. 9:2, 3; Eze. 21:3, 4).

Wicked men. Compare Job 21:7; Ps. 73:3; Jer. 12:1. The inequalities of the present life should not be allowed to weaken one’s faith in God’s ways of dealing. In the eternal world all wrongs will be made right.

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