There isיֶשׁa vaporהֶבֶלthatאֲשֶׁרis doneנַעֲשָׂהon the earth,עַל הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרthere areיֵשׁrighteous onesצַדִּיקִיםto whomאֲשֶׁר אֲלֵהֶםit comesמַגִּיעַaccording to the workכְּמַעֲשֵׂהof the wicked,הָרְשָׁעִיםand there areוְיֵשׁwicked onesרְשָׁעִיםto whomשֶׁ אֲלֵהֶםit comesמַּגִּיעַaccording to the workכְּמַעֲשֵׂהof the righteous.הַצַּדִּיקִיםI saidאָמַרְתִּיthatשֶׁthis tooגַּם זֶהis vapor.הָבֶל
Ecclesiastes 8:14
Study it in the app“There is a vapor that is done on the earth, that there are righteous ones to whom it comes according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones to whom it comes according to the work of the righteous. I said that this too is vapor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 8:14, word by word
- a vaporהֶבֶלhevel
vapor
A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.
Where else “hevel” appears- is doneנַעֲשָׂהnaasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naasa” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- righteous onesצַדִּיקִיםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears- it comesמַגִּיעַmagia
reach
To reach a place or a moment.
Where else “magia” appears- according to the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears
The context
13but it will not be well with the wicked, and he will not prolong his days like the shadow, because he does not fear before Elohim.
14 · This verse (above)
15And I praised joy, because there is no good for the human being under the sun except to eat and to drink and to rejoice, and this will accompany him in his toil through the days of his life which Elohim has given him under the sun.