Ecclesiastes 8:11
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.
KJV
Etenim quia non profertur cito contra malos sententia, absque timore ullo filii hominum perpetrant mala.
Vulgate
ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν γινομένη ἀντίρρησις ἀπὸ τῶν ποιούντων τὸ πονηρὸν ταχύ, διὰ τοῦτο ἐπληροφορήθη καρδία υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρόν.
LXX
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.
ASV
אֲשֶׁר֙ אֵין נַעֲשָׂ֣ה פִתְגָ֔ם מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הָ/רָעָ֖ה מְהֵרָ֑ה עַל כֵּ֡ן מָלֵ֞א לֵ֧ב בְּֽנֵי הָ/אָדָ֛ם בָּ/הֶ֖ם לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת רָֽע
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 2:6 — Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
- 2Pet 3:3 — Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
- 2Pet 3:4 — And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
- Amos 9:10 — All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
- Eccl 9:3 — This is an evil among all things that are 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, a
- Exod 8:15 — But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
- Exod 8:15 — But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
- Exod 8:32 — And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
- Isa 5:18 — Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
- Isa 26:10 — Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
- Isa 42:14 — I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
- Isa 57:11 — And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
- Isa 57:11 — And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
- Jer 34:11 — But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
- Jer 42:15 — And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye 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;
- Jer 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 remained in him, and h
- Job 21:11 — They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
- Job 24:12 — Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
- Mal 2:17 — Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the
- Matt 24:49 — And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
- Ps 4:2 — O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
- Ps 10:6 — He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
- Ps 10:6 — He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
- Ps 10:11 — He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
- Ps 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
- Ps 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
- Ps 55:19 — God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
- Rom 2:4 — Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
- Rom 2:4 — Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
- Rom 9:22 — What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: