Ecclesiastes 8:10

And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also [is] vanity.

Young's Literal Translation

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 I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.

11Because sentence hath not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

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Cross References

Job 21:18They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

Psalms 31:12I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

Proverbs 10:7The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.

Ecclesiastes 2:16That there is no remembrance to the wise — with the fool — to the age, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!

Jeremiah 17:13The hope of Israel [is] Jehovah, All forsaking Thee are ashamed, And 'My apostates' in the earth are written, For they have forsaken Jehovah, A fountain of living waters.

Acts 6:13they set up also false witnesses, saying, 'This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this 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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