Ecclesiastes 8:10 “Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of…”

Ecclesiastes 8:10

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

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

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.

Young's 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.

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.

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Cross references

“so”

Job 21:18 Luke 16:22 2 Kings 9:34 2 Kings 9:35 Job 21:32 Job 21:33

Job 21:18 · BSB

Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

Luke 16:22 · BSB

One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

2 Kings 9:34 · BSB

Then 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.”

2 Kings 9:35 · BSB

But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

Job 21:32 · BSB

He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.

Job 21:33 · BSB

The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

“the place”

Acts 6:13 Psalm 122:1–5

Acts 6:13 · BSB

where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Psalm 122:1–5 · BSB

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

“they were”

Ecclesiastes 2:16 Ecclesiastes 9:5 Proverbs 10:7 Psalm 31:12 Jeremiah 17:13 Hebrews 10:38

Ecclesiastes 2:16 · BSB

For 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 9:5 · BSB

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Proverbs 10:7 · BSB

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Psalm 31:12 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 17:13 · BSB

O 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.

Hebrews 10:38 · BSB

But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

Also

Ecclesiastes 1:11

Ecclesiastes 1:11 · BSB

There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.

11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

Read Ecclesiastes 8