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Ecclesiastes 8:9-11
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:9-11
English Standard Version
9 (A)All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.
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10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of (B)the holy place and were (C)praised[a] in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.[b] 11 Because (D)the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, (E)the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts forgotten
- Ecclesiastes 8:10 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also twice in verse 14 (see note on 1:2)
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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