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Ecclesiastes 8:10

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.

KJV

Vidi impios sepultos, qui etiam cum adhuc viverent in loco sancto erant, et laudabantur in civitate quasi justorum operum. Sed et hoc vanitas est.

Vulgate

καὶ τότε ἴδον ἀσεβεῖς εἰς τάφους εἰσαχθέντας, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἁγίου· καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ ἐπῃνέθησαν ἐν τῇ πόλει, ὅτι οὕτως ἐποίησαν. καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης.

LXX

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.

ASV

וּ/בְ/כֵ֡ן רָאִיתִי֩ רְשָׁעִ֨ים קְבֻרִ֜ים וָ/בָ֗אוּ וּ/מִ/מְּק֤וֹם קָדוֹשׁ֙ יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ וְ/יִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּ בָ/עִ֖יר אֲשֶׁ֣ר כֵּן עָשׂ֑וּ גַּם זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
הָֽבֶל
hbl
noun · 73×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
הוּ
hv
verb · 131×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
קְד֥וֹשׁ
qdvsh
noun · 119×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 2:16 — For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
  • Eccl 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
  • Eccl 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
  • Luke 16:22 — And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
  • Prov 10:7 — The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.