Ecclesiastes 8:14

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 8:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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