Ecclesiastes 8:11

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9 All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

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10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were ^aforgotten in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

11 ^aBecause the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

12 ^aThough a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that ^bit will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.

13 But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

14 There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just men to whom it ^ahappens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the ^brighteous. I said that this also is vanity.

15 ^aSo I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 8:11

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American Standard Version
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Amplified® Bible
Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, the hearts of the sons of men are fully set to do evil.

Contemporary English Version
When we see criminals commit crime after crime without being punished, it makes us want to start a life of crime.

Darby English Version
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Good News Bible
Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.

King James Version
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

New American Standard Bible
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.

New International Version
When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.

New King James Version
Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Because the judge does not execute a sentence against an evil deed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them incline themselves fully to do evil.

Revised Standard Version
Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the sons of men is fully set to do evil.

Young's Literal Translation
Because sentence hath not been done `on' an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

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