Ecclesiastes 8:10

And so I saw the wicked buried, while the righteous came and went from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9All this have I seen, and I have given heed to all things that are done under the sun. There is a time when man ruleth over man to his hurt.

11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore doth the heart of the sons of men become bold within them to do evil.

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Cross References

Job 21:18How often are they as stubble before the wind, Or as chaff, which the whirlwind carrieth away?

Psalms 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous man shall be blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.

Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no remembrance of the wise man more than of the fool for ever; for in the days to come shall all have long been forgotten; and, alas! the wise man dieth, as well as the fool.

Jeremiah 17:13O thou hope of Israel, Jehovah! All that forsake thee shall be put to shame; Yea, all that depart from me shall be written in dust, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, they have forsaken Jehovah.

Acts 6:13and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place, and the Law.

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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