Parallel Verses
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!
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.
Holman Bible
In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place,
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.
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
Interlinear
Ken
Ra'ah
Maqowm
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 8:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The World Marred By Oppression And Injustice
9 I saw all this as I applied my heart to all the deeds done under the sun: {sometimes those in authority harm others}. 10 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! 11 Because sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, the heart of {humans} fills up within them to do evil.
Names
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything. They no longer have a reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of righteousness [is] like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Ecclesiastes 2:16
Certainly no one will remember the wise man or the fool in {future generations}. When [future] days come, both will have been forgotten already. How [is it that] the wise man dies the same as the fool?
2 Kings 9:34-35
Then he came and ate and drank, and said, "Please take care of this cursed one and bury her, for she is the daughter of a king."
Job 21:18
[How often] are they like straw {before} the wind, and like chaff that [the] storm carries away?
Job 21:32-33
When he is brought to [the] grave, then someone stands guard over [the] tomb.
Psalm 31:12
I have become forgotten like [one] dead, out of {mind}. I am like a destroyed vessel.
Psalm 122:1-5
I rejoiced in [those who] said to me, "Let us go to the house of Yahweh."
Ecclesiastes 1:11
There is neither remembrance of former generations, nor will there be remembrance of future generations.
Jeremiah 17:13
Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all [those who] forsake you will be put to shame, and [those who] turn aside from you in the earth will be recorded, for they have forsaken the fountain of living water, Yahweh.
Luke 16:22
Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried away by the angels to {Abraham's side}. And the rich man also died and was buried.
Acts 6:13
And they put forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop speaking words against the holy place and the law!
Hebrews 10:38
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."