Ecclesiastes 8:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did those things. This too is futile. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And so I saw the wicked buried–those who had come and gone out of the holy place [but did not thereby escape their doom], and they are [praised and] forgotten in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility)! American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Then I saw the wicked brought to their graves, with people processing from a holy place, while those who had lived honestly were neglected in the city. This too is pointless. Catholic Public Domain Version I have seen the impious buried. These same, while they were still living, were in the holy place, and they were praised in the city as workers of justice. But this, too, is emptiness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity. |
The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
There is no remembrance of those who came before; and of those who will come after there will also be no remembrance by those who follow them.
For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies just like the fool?
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
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.
Lord, the hope of Israel, 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.
One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. , The rich man also died and was buried.
They also presented false witnesses who said, ‘This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the law.
But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure in him. ,