8No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.
9All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.
10And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.
11Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.
12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.
13But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.
14There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.
