Ecclesiastes 7:14

Ecclesiastes chapter 7 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything that shall be after him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

In 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Context

v.13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

v.14This passage

v.15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Deuteronomy 28:47
Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
1 Kings 17:17
And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
Job 10:1
My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.