Ecclesiastes 3:14

God’s Sovereignty

3:14 I also know that whatever God does will endure forever;

nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it.

God has made it this way, so that men will fear him.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

8:12 Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes ¹  and still live a long time, ² 

yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people ³  – for they stand in fear ⁴  before him.

[8:12]  ¹ tn Heb “does evil one hundred [times].”

[8:12]  ² tn Heb “and prolongs his [life].”

[8:12]  ³ tn Heb “those who fear God.”

[8:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “they fear.”