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 who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

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

10 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.

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 commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear 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 English Revised 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 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 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.