Ecclesiastes 8:10
8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
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.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
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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 remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Read in contextProverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Read in contextJob 21:32–33
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Read in contextLuke 16:22
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Read in contextEcclesiastes 1:11
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
Read in contextPsalms 31:12
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
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