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.


In Context

8 There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

9 All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.

10 And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also is vanity.

11 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.

12 Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred times, and prolonging himself for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.

13 And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing 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 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 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 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.