Ecclesiastes 8:9-11
New American Standard Bible
9 All this I have seen, and have applied my [a]mind to every deed that has been done under the sun at a time when one person has exercised (A)authority over another person to his detriment.
10 So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they are (B)soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility. 11 Because the (C)sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore (D)the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are [b]fully given to do evil.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:9 Lit heart
- Ecclesiastes 8:11 Lit full to do
Ecclesiastes 8:9-11
New International Version
9 All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own[a] hurt. 10 Then too, I saw the wicked buried(A)—those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise[b] in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.
11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 8:9 Or to their
- Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (Aquila); most Hebrew manuscripts and are forgotten
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