Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is futility.

King James 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.

Holman Bible

In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did so. This too is futile.

International Standard Version

So I watched the wicked being entombed. They used to come in and out of the Holy Place, but now they are forgotten in the city, where they used to work. This, too, is pointless.

A Conservative Version

So I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were praised in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place [but did not thereby escape their doom], and they are [praised in spite of their evil and] soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility (vanity, emptiness).

Bible in Basic English

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

And so then I saw the unjust buried, and they came and they will go from the holy place, and they will be forgotten in the city where they did thus: also this is vanity.

King James 2000

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the holy place, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Meanwhile, I saw the wicked being [honorably] buried, but those who came and went from the holy place were forgotten in the city, even though they had done so. This also [is] vanity!

Modern King James verseion

And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came and went from the holy place. And they were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For I have oft seen the ungodly brought to their graves, and fallen down from the high and glorious place; insomuch that they were forgotten in the city where they were had in so high and great reputation. This is also a vain thing.

NET Bible

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.

New Heart English Bible

So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holy place. They went and were praised in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

The Emphasized Bible

And, thereupon, I considered the lawless when buried, when they had entered, their graves , that, from the place of the Holy One, they used to go and boast in the city that they had so done, - even this, was vanity.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I saw
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

קבר 
Qabar 
Usage: 133


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

and gone
הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

from the place
מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

of the holy
קדשׁ קדושׁ 
Qadowsh 
Usage: 116

שׁכח שׁכח 
Shakach 
Usage: 102

in the city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

References

Context Readings

The World Marred By Oppression And Injustice

9 All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over another man to his hurt. 10 So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is futility. 11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.

Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the righteous is blessed,
But the name of the wicked will rot.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!

2 Kings 9:34-35

When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, “See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.”

Job 21:18

“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?

Job 21:32-33

“While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.

Psalm 31:12

I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.

Psalm 122:1-5

A Song of Ascents, of David.
I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no remembrance of earlier things;
And also of the later things which will occur,
There will be for them no remembrance
Among those who will come later still.

Jeremiah 17:13

O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.

Luke 16:22

Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

Acts 6:13

They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;

Hebrews 10:38

But My righteous one shall live by faith;
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.

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