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Listen to Ecclesiastes 7:13-15
13Consider what God has done:(A)
Who can straighten
what he has made crooked?(B)
14When times are good, be happy;
but when times are bad, consider this:
God has made the one
as well as the other.(C)
Therefore, no one can discover
anything about their future.
15In this meaningless life(D) of mine I have seen both of these:
the righteous perishing in their righteousness,
and the wicked living long in their wickedness.(E)
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Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 : Ecc 2:24
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 : Ecc 1:15
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 : S Job 1:21; S Ecc 2:24
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 : S Job 7:7
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 : S Job 21:7; Ecc 8:12-14; Jer 12:1
13Consider the work of God;
For (A)who can make straight what He has made crooked?
14(B)In the day of prosperity be joyful,
But in the day of adversity consider:
Surely God has appointed the one [a]as well as the other,
So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.
15I have seen everything in my days of vanity:
(C)There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness,
And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.
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Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 alongside
Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 : Job 12:14
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 : Deut. 28:47
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 : Eccl. 8:12–14
13Consider the (A)work of God,
For who is (B)able to straighten what He has bent?
14(C)On the day of prosperity be happy,
But (D)on the day of adversity consider:
God has made the one as well as the other
So that a person will (E)not discover anything that will come after him.
15I have seen everything during my [a](F)lifetime of futility; there is (G)a righteous person who perishes in his righteousness, and there is (H)a wicked person who prolongs his life in his wickedness.
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Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 Lit days
Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 : Eccl 3:11; 8:17
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 : Eccl 1:15
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 : Deut 26:11; Eccl 3:22; 9:7; 11:9
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 : Deut 8:5; Job 2:10
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 : Eccl 3:22
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 : Eccl 6:12; 9:9
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 : Eccl 8:14
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 : Eccl 8:12, 13
13Consider (A)the work of God:
(B)who can make straight what he has made crooked?
14(C)In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, (D)so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
15In my (E)vain[a] life I have seen everything. There is (F)a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who (G)prolongs his life in his evildoing.
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Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 : [ch. 3:11]
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 : [ch. 1:15; Job 12:14; Isa. 14:27]
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 : [ch. 3:4, 22; Deut. 28:47]
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 : [ch. 3:22; 6:12]
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 : ch. 6:12; 9:9
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 : See ch. 8:14
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 : ch. 8:12, 13
13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
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