Ecclesiastes 8:10 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 8:10 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וּבְכֵ֡ן
kên
H3651
thus
רָאִיתִי֩
râʼâh
H7200
to see
רְשָׁעִ֨ים
râshâʻ
H7563
wicked
קְבֻרִ֜ים
qâbar
H6912
to bury
וָבָ֗אוּ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
וּמִמְּק֤וֹם
mâqôwm
H4725
place
קָדוֹשׁ֙
qâdôwsh
H6918
holy
יְהַלֵּ֔כוּ
hâlak
H1980
to walk
וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּ
shâkach
H7911
to forget
בָעִ֖יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
כֵּן
kên
H3651
thus
עָשׂ֑וּ
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
גַּם
gam
H1571
also
זֶ֖ה
zeh
H2088
this
הָֽבֶל
hebel
H1892
vapor
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World English Bible Public Domain
So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And then, I saw wicked people buried, and they entered, and, from a place of holiness, they went. And they were praised in the city where thus they had done. This also vapor:
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