¹⁰Then 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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Footnotes

5Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts forgotten
6The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also twice in verse 14 (see note on )

Cross references

l[Neh. 11:1; Matt. 24:15]
m[ch. 9:5; Prov. 10:7]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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!

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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