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Ecclesiastes 8:10

Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבְכֵ֡ןu.ve.Khenand in suchH3651 →
רָאִיתִי֩ra.'i.TiI have seenH7200 →
רְשָׁעִ֨יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563 →
קְבֻרִ֜יםke.vu.Rimbeing buriedH6912 →
וָבָ֗אוּva.Va.'uand they cameH935 →
וּמִמְּק֤וֹםu.mi.me.Komand from a place ofH4725 →
קָדוֹשׁ֙ka.do.VoshholyH6918 →
יְהַלֵּ֔כוּye.ha.Le.khuthey wentH1980 →
וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּve.yish.ta.ke.Chuand they may be forgottenH7911 →
בָעִ֖ירva.'Irin the cityH5892 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhereH834 →
כֵּן־ken-rightH3651 →
עָשׂ֑וּ'a.Suthey had doneH6213 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
זֶ֖הzehthisH2088 →
הָֽבֶל׃Ha.vel[is] futilityH1892 →

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Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.Job 21:32–33He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.Psalms 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.Job 21:18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?Luke 16:22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.2 Kings 9:34–35Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.Job 24:20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.1 Kings 13:31After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,Psalms 34:16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.Psalms 88:12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?Psalms 122:1–5I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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