14. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 8:14:1 ⧉יֶשׁ־הֶבֶל֮yeshhevelthere is vanity Ecclesiastes 8:14:2 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhich Ecclesiastes 8:14:3 ⧉נַעֲשָׂ֣הnaasais done Ecclesiastes 8:14:4 ⧉עַל־הָאָרֶץ֒alhaaretsupon the earth Ecclesiastes 8:14:5 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherthat Ecclesiastes 8:14:6 ⧉יֵ֣שׁyeshthere are Ecclesiastes 8:14:7 ⧉צַדִּיקִ֗יםtsadikimrighteous ones Ecclesiastes 8:14:8 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֨רasherto whom Ecclesiastes 8:14:9 ⧉מַגִּ֤יעַmagiait reaches or happens Ecclesiastes 8:14:10 ⧉אֲלֵהֶם֙alehemto them Ecclesiastes 8:14:11 ⧉כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הkemaaseaccording to the deed of Ecclesiastes 8:14:12 ⧉הָרְשָׁעִ֔יםhareshaimthe wicked ones Ecclesiastes 8:14:13 ⧉וְיֵ֣שׁveyeshand there are Ecclesiastes 8:14:14 ⧉רְשָׁעִ֔יםreshaimwicked ones Ecclesiastes 8:14:15 ⧉שֶׁמַּגִּ֥יעַshemagiato whom it reaches or happens Ecclesiastes 8:14:16 ⧉אֲלֵהֶ֖םalehemto them Ecclesiastes 8:14:17 ⧉כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣הkemaaseaccording to the deed of Ecclesiastes 8:14:18 ⧉הַצַדִּיקִ֑יםhatsadikimthe righteous ones Ecclesiastes 8:14:19 ⧉אָמַ֕רְתִּיamartiI said Ecclesiastes 8:14:20 ⧉שֶׁגַּם־זֶ֖הshegamzethat also this Ecclesiastes 8:14:21 ⧉הָֽבֶל׃havelis vanity |
14. Formal Translation There is a vanity that is done upon the earth: there are righteous ones to whom it happens according to the deed of the wicked, and wicked ones to whom it happens according to the deed of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. |
14. Dynamic Translation There is something meaningless happening on earth: sometimes good people get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes wicked people get what the righteous deserve. I said that this also is meaningless. |