Ecclesiastes 8:11

Justice Sin

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.

¹⁰ 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.

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:

¹³ But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.
BLB: Because an edict is not made [on] the evil work swiftly, upon thus the heart of the sons of man is fully set in them to do evil.

ÅB: Fordi dommen over den onde gjerning ikke fullbyrdes straks, derfor svulmer hjertet i menneskenes barn, så de drister seg til å gjøre det som ondt er,
OTB: Fordi dommen mot ugjerning ikke utføres raskt, derfor fylles menneskenes hjerter med planer om å gjøre ondt.
B1930: Fordi dommen over den onde gjerning ikke fullbyrdes straks, derfor svulmer hjertet i menneskenes barn, så de drister sig til å gjøre det som ondt er,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 26:10
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
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Psalms 50:21–22
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
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Romans 2:4–5
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
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2 Peter 3:3–10
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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Matthew 24:49–50
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
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Psalms 10:6
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
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Jeremiah 48:11
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
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Job 21:11–15
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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