Ecclesiastes 8:10

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those who will come after.
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be ashamed, and those that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
  • Luke 16:22 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Kgs 9:34-35 : 34 And when he had come in, he ate and drank, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. 35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
  • Job 21:18 : 18 They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away.
  • Job 21:32-33 : 32 Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; everyone shall follow him, as countless before him.
  • Ps 31:12 : 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
  • Ps 122:1-5 : 1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. 2 Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together: 4 Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 3:15-20
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    15 That which is, has already been; and that which is to be, has already been; and God requires an account of the past.

    16 Moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

    17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.

    18 I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are like beasts.

    19 For that which befalls the sons of men also befalls beasts; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other; yes, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity.

    20 All go to one place; all are of dust, and all turn to dust again.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

  • Eccl 1:13-14
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    13 And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

    14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 2:15-21
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    15 So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

    16 For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

    17 Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

    18 Yes, I hated all my labor that I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

    19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    20 Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

    21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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    8 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

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    11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

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  • Eccl 9:1-3
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    1 For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

    2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he who swears, as he who fears an oath.

    3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that, they go to the dead.

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    9 All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man rules over another to his own harm.

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    7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

  • Eccl 4:2-4
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    76%

    2 Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

    3 Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

    4 Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15 I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child who shall stand up in his place.

    16 There is no end of all the people, even of all who have been before them; they also that come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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    76%

    11 Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed quickly, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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    75%

    1 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8 But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

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    13 This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

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    11 Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

  • Eccl 9:5-6
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    5 For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

    6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:2
    74%

    2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10 I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

  • Eccl 2:23
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    23 For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 10:5
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    5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler:

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    9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire: this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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    10 For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

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    10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.

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    1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.

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    4 For it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),

    17 Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

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    72%

    17 And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.