Ecclesiastes 8:10
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 8:10 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und alsdann habe ich Gesetzlose gesehen, die begraben wurden und zur Ruhe eingingen; diejenigen aber, welche recht gehandelt hatten, mußten von der heiligen Stätte wegziehen und wurden in der Stadt vergessen. Auch das ist Eitelkeit.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Esto vi también: que los impíos sepultados vinieron aún en memoria; mas los que partieron del lugar santo, fueron luego puestos en olvido en la ciudad donde con rectitud habían obrado. Esto también es vanidad.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Também assim vi os perversos sepultados, e vinham, e saíam do lugar santo; e eles foram esquecidos na cidade em que assim fizeram; isso também é futilidade.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Então, vi o sepultamento público dos maus. Eles foram retirados do lugar santo, sepultados e exaltados pelas pessoas da cidade onde realizaram suas obras más. Isso também é inútil.
📖 Ecclesiastes 8:10 in Context
8There 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.
9All 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.
10And 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.
11Because 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.
12Though 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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