Ecclesiastes 8:9-11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁹ All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one man has authority over another to his harm.

¹⁰ In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place,^(A) and they were praised^[a] in the city where they did so. This too is futile. ¹¹ Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly,^(B) the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.