Ecclesiastes 8:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

There is something else that doesn't make sense to me. Good citizens are treated as criminals, while criminals are honoured as though they were good citizens.

Cross References

Job 1:22

In spite of everything, Job did not sin or accuse God of doing wrong.

Job 21:7

Why do evil people live so long and gain such power?

Job 27:12

All of you have seen these things for yourselves. So you have no excuse.

Psalm 73:3

because it made me jealous to see proud and evil people and to watch them prosper.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

Some things rulers do are terribly unfair:

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wisdom is like having two good eyes; foolishness leaves you in the dark. But wise or foolish, we all end up the same.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I realized that we work and do wonderful things just because we are jealous of others. This makes no more sense than chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

For example, some people don't have friends or family. But they are never satisfied with what they own, and they never stop working to get more. They should ask themselves, “Why am I always working to have more? Who will get what I leave behind?” What a senseless and miserable life!

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen everything during this senseless life of mine. I have seen good citizens die for doing the right thing, and I have seen criminals live to a ripe old age.

Jeremiah 12:1

Whenever I complain to you, LORD, you are always fair. But now I have questions about your justice. Why is life easy for sinners? Why are they successful?

Malachi 3:15

See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it.”