Ecclesiastes 8:14

Easy To Read Version

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. That is not fair.

Cross References

Job 1:22

All of those things happened, but Job didn’t sin. Job didn’t say that God did anything wrong.

Job 21:7

Why do evil people live long lives?\par Why do they grow old and successful?\par

Job 27:12

You have seen God’s power\par with your own eyes.\par So why do you say such useless things?\par

Psalm 73:3

I saw that wicked people were successful\par I became jealous of those proud people.\par

Ecclesiastes 10:5

Here is something else that I have seen in this life. And it is not fair. It is the kind of mistake that rulers make:

Ecclesiastes 2:14

It is like this: A wise man uses his mind like eyes to see where he is going. But a fool is like someone walking in the dark.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I thought, “Why do people work so hard?” I saw people try to succeed and be better than other people. Why? Because people are jealous. They don’t want other people to have more than they have. This is senseless. It is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [21]}

Ecclesiastes 4:8

A person might not have any family. He might not have a son or even a brother. But that person will continue to work very, very hard. That person is never satisfied with what he has. And he works so hard that he never stops and asks himself, “Why am I working so hard? Why don’t I let myself enjoy my life?” This is also a very bad and senseless thing.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my short life, I have seen everything. I have seen good men die young. And I have seen evil men living long lives.

Jeremiah 12:1

Lord, if I argue with you,\par you are always right!\par But I want to ask you about some things that don’t seem right.\par Why are wicked people successful?\par Why do people you can’t trust have such easy lives?\par

Malachi 3:15

We think proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They do bad things to test God’s patience—and God does not punish them.”