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Ecclesiastes 8:9-11
International Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:9-11
International Standard Version
9 I observed all this, and carefully considered everything that is undertaken on earth, especially the time when someone dominates another to his detriment. 10 So I watched the wicked being entombed. They used to come in and out of the Holy Place,[a] but now they are forgotten in the city, where they used to work. This, too, is pointless.
The Wisdom of Fearing God
11 Whenever a sentence for a crime is not carried out swiftly, the human mind[b] becomes determined to commit evil.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:10 I.e. the Temple
- Ecclesiastes 8:11 Lit. the heart of the sons of men within them
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