Ecclesiastes 8:10

“And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came, and from the holy place they would go, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This too is vapor.”

Ecclesiastes 8:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes 8:10, word by word

I sawרָאִיתִיraiti

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “raiti” appears
the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim

wicked

One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.

Where else “reshaim” appears
buriedקְבֻרִיםkevurim

bury

Bury.

Where else “kevurim” appears
and they cameבָאוּvau

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “vau” appears
the holyקָדוֹשׁkadosh

holy

Set apart for God, distinct from the common.

Where else “kadosh” appears
placeמְּקוֹםmekom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “mekom” appears
they would goיְהַלֵּכוּyehalechu

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

Where else “yehalechu” appears
and they were forgottenיִשְׁתַּכְּחוּyishtakchu

forget

Forget.

Where else “yishtakchu” appears
in the cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “ir” appears
they had doneעָשׂוּasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asu” appears
is vaporהָבֶלhavel

vapor

A breath that passes and does not last; that brief is everything.

Where else “havel” appears

Translation note

The ancient Greek translation reads “they were praised” instead of “they were forgotten.”

The context

9All this I saw, and I gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun, a time in which the human being rules over a human being to his harm.

10 · This verse (above)

11Because the sentence against the evil work is not carried out quickly, therefore the heart of human beings is full in them to do evil.

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