Ecclesiastes 8:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then I saw the wicked buried, who used to go in and out of the holy place, but now they are forgotten in the city where they acted this way. This too is meaningless.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then 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 done so. This also is vanity.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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 with Strong's Numbers

    So{H3651} I saw{H7200} the wicked{H7563} buried,{H6912} and they came{H935} [to the grave];{H1980} and they that had done{H6213} right went away from the holy{H6918} place,{H4725} and were forgotten{H7911} in the city:{H5892} this also is vanity.{H1892}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And so{H3651} I saw{H7200}{(H8804)} the wicked{H7563} buried{H6912}{(H8803)}, who had come{H935}{(H8804)} and gone{H1980}{(H8762)} from the place{H4725} of the holy{H6918}, and they were forgotten{H7911}{(H8691)} in the city{H5892} where they had so done{H6213}{(H8804)}: this is also vanity{H1892}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For I haue oft sene ye vngodly brought to their graues, and fallen downe from the hye and glorious place: in so moch yt they were forgotten in the cite, where they were had in so hye & greate reputacion. This is also a vayne thinge.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues, and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne: and came from the place of holy men, whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie, as were those also that liued well: This is also a vayne thing.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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 `is' vanity.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

  • 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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Contradictions to the Law of Retribution Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten.
  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them.
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake You will be put to shame. Those who turn away from You will be written in the earth, for they have abandoned the fountain of living water, the LORD.
  • Luke 16:22 : 22 "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 They presented false witnesses who said, 'This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.'
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, My soul will have no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Kgs 9:34-35 : 34 Jehu went inside, ate and drank, and then said, 'Attend to this cursed woman and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.' 35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing of her except the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands.
  • Job 21:18 : 18 They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.
  • Job 21:32-33 : 32 He is carried to the graves, and a watch is kept over his tomb. 33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows after him, and countless go before him.
  • Ps 31:12 : 12 I am a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more to my neighbors—a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me on the street flee from me.
  • Ps 122:1-5 : 1 I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the LORD.' 2 Our feet were standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem, built as a city that is tightly joined together. 4 There the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. 5 For there are seats of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

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    14 There is a futility that takes place on the earth: righteous people receive what the wicked deserve, and wicked people receive what the righteous deserve. I said, 'This too is vanity.'

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    15 Whatever has already been, and what will be has already been; and God seeks what has been pursued.

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