Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because there is no contradiction made 1 On the part of those who do evil quickly, 1 Therefore the heart of the children of men 1 Is fully determined in them to do evil. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, 1 And that out of the holy place: 1 And they departed, and were praised in the city, 1 Because they had done thus: 1 This also is vanity. 1

12He that has sinned has done evil from that time, 1 And long from beforehand: 1 Nevertheless I know, 1 That it is well with them that fear God, 1 That they may fear before him: 1

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Cross References

Exodus 8:15So the charmers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he hearkened not to them, as the Lord said.

Job 21:11And they remain as an unfailing flock, 1 And their children play before them, 1 Taking up the psaltery and harp; 1

Psalms 10:4The Lord is in his holy temple, 1 As for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: 1 His eyes look upon the poor, 1 His eyelids try the sons of men. 1

Psalms 50:21Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, 1 Offering, and whole burnt sacrifices: 1 Then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.

Isaiah 5:18Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer’s yoke:

Isaiah 57:11Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and hast not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see thee I pass thee by, yet thou hast not feared me.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:10-14

The Evil of Oppressive Rulers. 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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