Ecclesiastes 8:10 TSK: So I watched the wicked being entombed. They used to come in and out of the Holy Place, but now they are forgotten in the city, where they used to work. This, too, is pointless.

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Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who had come and gone from the holy place and were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

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2 Kings 9:34, 35
Then 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." . . .

Job 21:18, 32, 33
Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm? . . .

Luke 16:22
One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

the place

Psalm 122:1-5
I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD." . . .

Acts 6:13
They presented false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the Law.

they were

Ecclesiastes 2:16
For 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 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Psalm 31:12
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Jeremiah 17:13
O 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.

Hebrews 10:38
But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him."

Chapter Outline

1. true wisdom is modest
2. Kings are to be respected
6. Divine providence is to be observed
12. It is better with the godly in adversity, than with the wicked in prosperity
16. The work of God is unsearchable

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New American Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian 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 so. This too is futile.

International Standard Version
So I watched the wicked being entombed. They used to come in and out of the Holy Place, but now they are forgotten in the city, where they used to work. This, too, is pointless.

NET Bible
Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.

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