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Ecclesiastes 8:10

Those Who Fear God Will Do Well

10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of lthe holy place and were mpraised5 in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.6

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Ecclesiastes 8:10 — The New International Version (NIV)

10 Then too, I saw the wicked buried—those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — New Living Translation (NLT)

10 I have seen wicked people buried with honor. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised in the same city where they committed their crimes! This, too, is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — New Century Version (NCV)

10 I saw the funerals of evil people who used to go in and out of the holy place. They were honored in the same towns where they had done evil. This is useless, too.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — American Standard Version (ASV)

10 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.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

10 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.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

10 Then I saw wicked people given an ⸤honorable⸥ burial. They used to go in and out of the holy place. They were praised in the city for doing such things. Even this is pointless. 

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

10 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 so. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

10 Then I saw the wicked buried; they used to go in and out of the holy place, and were praised in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

10 Meanwhile, I saw the wicked being honorably buried, but those who came and went from the holy place were forgotten in the city, even though they had done so. This also is vanity!

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

10 I also saw sinful people being buried. They used to come and go from the place of worship. And others praised them in the city where they worshiped. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

Ecclesiastes 8:10 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

10 So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is futility.


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