Ecclesiastes 7:15
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
In my futile
הֶבְלִ֑י (heḇ·lî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

life
בִּימֵ֣י (bî·mê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3117: A day

I have seen
רָאִ֖יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

both of these:
הַכֹּ֥ל (hak·kōl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

A righteous man
צַדִּיק֙ (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

perishing
אֹבֵ֣ד (’ō·ḇêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

in his righteousness,
בְּצִדְק֔וֹ (bə·ṣiḏ·qōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity

[and]
וְיֵ֣שׁ (wə·yêš)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

a wicked man
רָשָׁ֔ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

living long
מַאֲרִ֖יךְ (ma·’ă·rîḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 748: To be, long

in his wickedness.
בְּרָעָתֽוֹ׃ (bə·rā·‘ā·ṯōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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