Ecclesiastes 8:10
8 As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
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- BSB
- Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
- KJV
- And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
- WEB
- So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
- ASV
- So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave]; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.
- DARBY
- And I have also seen the wicked buried and going away; and such as had acted rightly went from [the] holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity.
- BLB
- And in this I have seen the wicked ones being buried, and they went in, even from the place of holiness they walked, and they were praised in the city where thus they had done. This also [is] vapor.
- ÅB
- Deretter så jeg at ugudelige ble jordfestet og kom til hvile, men at de som hadde gjort rett, måtte dra bort fra den Helliges bolig og ble glemt i staden. Også dette er tomhet.
- OTB
- Så så jeg de onde begravet, de som frekventerte det hellige stedet og ble rost i byen der de gjorde det. Dette er også tomhet.
- B1930
- Derefter så jeg at ugudelige blev jordfestet og kom til hvile, men at de som hadde gjort rett, måtte dra bort fra den Helliges bolig og blev glemt i staden. Også dette er tomhet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
Read in contextProverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
Read in contextJob 21:32–33
He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Read in contextLuke 16:22
One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 1:11
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
Read in contextPsalms 31:12
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
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