Ecclesiastes 8:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 8:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 8:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 8:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 8:11 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Ecclesiastes 8:11 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Because sentence hath not been done <FI>on<Fi> an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.”
Ecclesiastes 8:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil. ”
Ecclesiastes 8:11 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill.”
Ecclesiastes 8:11 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:11 in Context — Ecclesiastes 8
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:
13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:11 Mean?
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