8:14. εστιν G1510 V-PAI-3S ματαιοτης G3153 N-NSF η G3739 R-NSF πεποιηται G4160 V-RMI-3S επι G1909 PREP της G3588 T-GSF γης G1065 N-GSF οτι G3754 CONJ εισι G1510 V-PAI-3P δικαιοι G1342 A-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ φθανει G5348 V-PAI-3S προς G4314 PREP αυτους G846 D-APM ως G3739 CONJ ποιημα G4161 N-NSN των G3588 T-GPM ασεβων G765 A-GPM και G2532 CONJ εισιν G1510 V-PAI-3P ασεβεις G765 A-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ φθανει G5348 V-PAI-3S προς G4314 PREP αυτους G846 D-APM ως G3739 CONJ ποιημα G4161 N-NSN των G3588 T-GPM δικαιων G1342 A-GPM ειπα V-AAI-1S οτι G3754 CONJ και G2532 CONJ γε G1065 PRT τουτο G3778 D-NSN ματαιοτης G3153 N-NSF

8:14. Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also is an enigma."

8:14. And this is not all that is meaningless in our world. In this life, good people are often treated as though they were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though they were good. This is so meaningless!

8:14. There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

8:14. There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

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.

8:14. There is a vanity which takes place on earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

8:14. There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be righteous 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.

8:14. There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also [is] vanity.

8:14. There is something else that happens on earth that does not seem fair. Bad things should happen to bad people, and good things should happen to good people. But sometimes bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people. This is not fair.

8:14. There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

8:14. There is H3426 a vanity H1892 which H834 is done H6213 upon H5921 the earth; H776 that H834 there be H3426 just H6662 [men] , unto whom H834 H413 it happeneth H5060 according to the work H4639 of the wicked; H7563 again , there be H3426 wicked H7563 [men] , to H413 whom it happeneth H7945 H5060 according to the work H4639 of the righteous: H6662 I said H559 that this also H2088 H7945 H1571 [is] vanity. H1892