Ecclesiastes 8:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 All these things I saw and I applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun, while one person tyrannizes over another for harm.
The Problem of Retribution. 10 Meanwhile I saw the wicked buried. They would come and go from the holy place. But those were forgotten in the city who had acted justly. This also is vanity.[a] 11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not promptly executed, the human heart is filled with the desire to commit evil—
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- 8:10 This difficult verse seems to contrast the wicked, who die enjoying a good reputation as pious individuals, and the just, who are quietly forgotten.
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