tsad-deek'
from 6663; just:--just, lawful, righteous (man).
see Hebrew for [06663]
I said [0559] in mine heart [03820], God [0430] shall judge [08199] the righteous [06662] and the wicked [07563]: for there is a time [06256] there for every purpose [02656] and for every work [04639].
All things have I seen [07200] in the days [03117] of my vanity [01892]: there is [03426] a just [06662] man that perisheth [06] in his righteousness [06664], and there is a wicked [07563] man that prolongeth [0748] his life in his wickedness [07451].
Be not righteous [06662] over much [07235]; neither make thyself over [03148] wise [02449]: why shouldest thou destroy [08074] thyself?destroy…: Heb. be desolate?
For there is not a just [06662] man [0120] upon earth [0776], that doeth [06213] good [02896], and sinneth [02398] not.
There is [03426] a vanity [01892] which is done [06213] upon the earth [0776]; that there be just [06662] men, unto whom it happeneth [05060] according to the work [04639] of the wicked [07563]; again, there be [03426] wicked [07563] men, to whom it happeneth [05060] according to the work [04639] of the righteous [06662]: I said [0559] that this also [01571] is vanity [01892].
For all this I considered [05414] in my heart [03820] even to declare [0952] all this, that the righteous [06662], and the wise [02450], and their works [05652], are in the hand [03027] of God [0430]: no man [0120] knoweth [03045] either [01571] love [0160] or hatred [08135] by all that is before [06440] them.I considered…: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart
All things come alike to all: there is one [0259] event [04745] to the righteous [06662], and to the wicked [07563]; to the good [02896] and to the clean [02889], and to the unclean [02931]; to him that sacrificeth [02076], and to him that [0834] sacrificeth [02076] not: as is the good [02896], so is the sinner [02398]; and he that sweareth [07650], as he that feareth [03373] an oath [07621].