Ecclesiastes 8:14 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

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.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Which is done upon the earth - The instance of vanity, to which these words are applied, is the seeming inequality of God’s justice; but if …

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Happens. —The word is used in this sense only in Esther 9:26.

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth
Transacted in this lower world under the sun, through the permission …

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Faith alone can establish the heart in this mixed scene, where the righteous often suffer, and the wicked prosper.

Solomon commended joy and…

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