Ecclesiastes 8:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹¹ Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, the hearts of the sons of men are fully set to do evil.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The condemnation for wicked acts isn’t carried out quickly; that’s why people dare to do evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ For the sons of men perpetrate evils without any fear, because judgment is not pronounced quickly against the evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:15

And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

Job 24:23

God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.

Psalm 10:4

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

Psalm 10:6

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved: To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Exodus 34:6

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, the LORD, a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth;

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

Exodus 8:32

And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Isaiah 26:10

Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

Isaiah 57:11

And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and fearest me not?

Jeremiah 42:15

now therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah: thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

Jeremiah 48:11

Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is not changed.