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. Treasury of Scripture so 2 Kings 9:34,35 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter... Job 21:18,32,33 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away... Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; the place Psalm 122:1-5 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD... Acts 6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceases not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: they were Ecclesiastes 2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever... Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward... Psalm 31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. Jeremiah 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth... Hebrews 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Context Fear God
10And 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. 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. 12Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: 13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he fears not before God. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
So 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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.
Darby Bible Translation
And I have also seen the wicked buried and going away; and such as had acted rightly went from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
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