New International Version
There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.

New Living Translation
And this is not all that is meaningless in our world. In this life, good people are often treated as though they were wicked, and wicked people are often treated as though they were good. This is so meaningless!

English Standard Version
There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

Berean Study Bible
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

New American Standard Bible
There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility.

King James Bible
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked people who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

International Standard Version
Here is a pointless thing that happens on earth: A righteous man receives what happens to the wicked, and a wicked man receives what happens to the righteous. I concluded that this, too, is pointless.

NET Bible
Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also is an enigma."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There is something being done on earth that is pointless. Righteous people suffer for what the wicked do, and wicked people get what the righteous deserve. I say that even this is pointless.

Jubilee Bible 2000
There is another vanity which is done upon the earth: that there are just men, who are recompensed as if they had done according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, who are recompensed as if they had done according to the work of the righteous; I say that this also is vanity.

King James 2000 Bible
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just men, unto whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

American King James Version
There is a vanity which is done on the earth; that there be just men, to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

American Standard Version
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are just men to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the wicked: and there are wicked men, who are as secure, as though they had the deeds of the just: but this also I judge most vain.

Darby Bible Translation
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous [men] unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; and there are wicked [men] to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

English Revised Version
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be righteous men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

Webster's Bible Translation
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

World English Bible
There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

Young's Literal Translation
There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also is vanity.

Prediker 8:14 Afrikaans PWL
Daar is ’n waardeloosheid wat op die aarde gedoen word; daar is regverdige manne met wie dit gebeur volgens die werke van die bose en daar is bose manne met wie dit gaan volgens die dade van die regverdiges; ek sê dat dit ook waardeloosheid is.

Predikuesi 8:14 Albanian
Éshtë një kotësi që ndodh mbi tokë; ka njerëz të drejtë që trajtohen ashtu sikur i përket veprës të të pabesëve, dhe ka të pabesë që trajtohen sikur i përket veprës të të drejtëve. Kam thënë që edhe kjo është kotësi.

ﺍﻟﺠﺎﻣﻌﺔ 8:14 Arabic: Smith & Van Dyke
يوجد باطل يجرى على الارض. ان يوجد صديقون يصيبهم مثل عمل الاشرار ويوجد اشرار يصيبهم مثل عمل الصديقين. فقلت ان هذا ايضا باطل.

Dyr Prödiger 8:14 Bavarian
Aber +ist s n yso?: Du, daa kimmt über Rechtförtige dös, was yn de Gotloosn zuekaem, und umkeerter! Daa fraag i mi ietz aber wirklich!

Еклесиаст 8:14 Bulgarian
Има една суета, която става на земята: Че има праведни, на които се случва според делата на нечестивите, А пък има нечестиви, на които се случва според делата на праведните. Рекох, че и това е суета.

現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)
世上有一件虛空的事，就是義人所遭遇的反照惡人所行的，又有惡人所遭遇的反照義人所行的。我說，這也是虛空。

现代标点和合本 (CUVMP Simplified)
世上有一件虚空的事，就是义人所遭遇的反照恶人所行的，又有恶人所遭遇的反照义人所行的。我说，这也是虚空。

傳 道 書 8:14 Chinese Bible: Union (Traditional)
世 上 有 一 件 虛 空 的 事 ， 就 是 義 人 所 遭 遇 的 ， 反 照 惡 人 所 行 的 ； 又 有 惡 人 所 遭 遇 的 ， 反 照 義 人 所 行 的 。 我 說 ， 這 也 是 虛 空 。

傳 道 書 8:14 Chinese Bible: Union (Simplified)
世 上 有 一 件 虚 空 的 事 ， 就 是 义 人 所 遭 遇 的 ， 反 照 恶 人 所 行 的 ； 又 有 恶 人 所 遭 遇 的 ， 反 照 义 人 所 行 的 。 我 说 ， 这 也 是 虚 空 。

Ecclesiastes 8:14 Croatian Bible
Ali je na zemlji ispraznost te pravednike stiže sudbina opakih, a opake sudbina pravednika. Velim: i to je ispraznost.

Kazatel 8:14 Czech BKR
Jest marnost, kteráž se děje na zemi: Že bývají spravedliví, jimž se však vede, jako by činili skutky bezbožných; zase bývají bezbožní, kterýmž se však vede, jako by činili skutky spravedlivých. Protož jsem řekl: I to také jest marnost.

Prædikeren 8:14 Danish
Der er en Tomhed, som forekommer paa Jorden: at der findes retfærdige, hvem det gaar, som om de havde gjort de gudløses Gerninger, og gudløse, hvem det gaar som om de havde gjort de retfærdiges Gerninger. Jeg sagde: Ogsaa det er Tomhed.

Prediker 8:14 Dutch Staten Vertaling
Er is nog een ijdelheid, die op aarde geschiedt: dat er zijn rechtvaardigen, dien het wedervaart naar het werk der goddelozen, en er zijn goddelozen, dien het wedervaart naar het werk der rechtvaardigen. Ik zeg, dat dit ook ijdelheid is.