11Because 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.


In Context

8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

10 And withal I saw the wicked buried, and they came to the grave; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

11 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.

12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

13 but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:11Because 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:11When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:11For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:11Because 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11Because 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11Because 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11Because 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:11Because 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:11Because 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.