Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place,
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
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.
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.
Themes
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 8:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The World Marred By Oppression And Injustice
9
All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one man has authority over another to his harm.
10 In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place,
Names
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.
Proverbs 10:7
but the name of the wicked will rot.
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man,
2 Kings 9:34-35
Then he went in, ate and drank, and said, “Take care of this cursed
Job 21:18
like chaff
Job 21:32-33
and someone keeps watch over his tomb.
Psalm 31:12
like a dead person—like broken pottery.
Psalm 122:1-5
A Davidic song of ascents.
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Ecclesiastes 1:11
and of those who
there will also be no remembrance
by those who follow them.
Jeremiah 17:13
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Luke 16:22
Acts 6:13
They also presented false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
Hebrews 10:38
and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.