Ecclesiastes 8:9-11

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Things happen that are not fair

⁹ I saw all these things that happen on the earth. I thought about them a lot. I thought about the things that happen on the earth. I saw that people sometimes use their power to hurt other people.

¹⁰ I also saw that some wicked people receive honour after their death. Those wicked people had gone in and out of the holy place. People praised them in the city where they had done evil things. This also is difficult to understand.

¹¹ People who are guilty should receive their punishment quickly. If that does not happen, other people also want to do evil things.