12 aThough a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that bit will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.
13 But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
14 There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just men to whom it ahappens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the brighteous. I said that this also is vanity.
15 aSo I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night,
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in Ecclesiastes 8:14:
Again {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Also {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Earth {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Earth {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Other definition entries containing Ecclesiastes 8:14:
Happen {I.S.B.E.}
Wisdom {I.S.B.E.}
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