Ecclesiastes 8:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 8:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 8:10 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 8:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 8:10 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“So I saw the wicked buried, and they came to the grave; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity. ”
Ecclesiastes 8:10 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also <FI>is<Fi> vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 8:10 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I have also seen the wicked buried and going away; and such as had acted rightly went from [the] holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity. ”
Ecclesiastes 8:10 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.”
Ecclesiastes 8:10 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:10 in Context — Ecclesiastes 8
8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:10 Mean?
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