Ecclesiastes 8:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.”
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“Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“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 <FI>is<Fi> vanity.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 8:10 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 9:34Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
- Job 21:18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
- Job 21:32He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
- Psalms 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
- Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
- Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
- Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
- Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
- Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
- Luke 16:22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
- Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
- Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
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