Ecclesiastes 7:15 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
All 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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
All 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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
All [this] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous [man] that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his days] by his wickedness.
World English Bible (WEB)
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evil-doing.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging `himself' in his wrong.
| אֶת | ʾet | et | |
| All | הַכֹּ֥ל | hakkōl | ha-KOLE |
| things have I seen | רָאִ֖יתִי | rāʾîtî | ra-EE-tee |
| days the in | בִּימֵ֣י | bîmê | bee-MAY |
| of my vanity: | הֶבְלִ֑י | heblî | hev-LEE |
| there is | יֵ֤שׁ | yēš | yaysh |
| a just | צַדִּיק֙ | ṣaddîq | tsa-DEEK |
| perisheth that man | אֹבֵ֣ד | ʾōbēd | oh-VADE |
| in his righteousness, | בְּצִדְק֔וֹ | bĕṣidqô | beh-tseed-KOH |
| and there is | וְיֵ֣שׁ | wĕyēš | veh-YAYSH |
| wicked a | רָשָׁ֔ע | rāšāʿ | ra-SHA |
| man that prolongeth | מַאֲרִ֖יךְ | maʾărîk | ma-uh-REEK |
| his life in his wickedness. | בְּרָעָתֽוֹ׃ | bĕrāʿātô | beh-ra-ah-TOH |