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Ecclesiastes 8:8-10
New Catholic Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 No one has it in his power
to restrain the wind from blowing
or to forestall the day of death.
No one can escape the perils of war,
nor can wickedness preserve those who engage in it.
9 All this I have observed as I carefully concentrated my mind on everything that is done under the sun, while one person tyrannizes another and causes suffering.
10 The Desire To Do Evil. Meanwhile I have observed the wicked being carried to their graves. They used to approach and enter the holy place, and they were praised in the city for having done such things. This also is vanity.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 8:10 The text of this verse is badly transmitted and is difficult to translate.
