Ecclesiastes 8:11

In 11 translations

BSB

When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

KJV

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.

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

Because sentence has not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

YLT

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.

DBY

Because 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.

DRC

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

GNV

Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill.

JPS

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;

LXXE

Because there is no contradiction made on the part of those who do evil quickly, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully determined in them to do evil.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֲשֶׁר֙ אֵין־נַעֲשָׂ֣ה פִתְגָ֔ם מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הָרָעָ֖ה מְהֵרָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֡ן מָלֵ֞א לֵ֧ב בְּֽנֵי־הָאָדָ֛ם בָּהֶ֖ם לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת רָֽע׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι γινομένη ἀντίῤῥησις ἀπὸ τῶν ποιούντων τὸ πονηρὸν ταχὺ, διὰ τοῦτο ἐπληροφορήθη καρδία υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρόν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 26:10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
• Psalms 50:21–22You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face. Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue…
• Romans 2:4–5Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against…
• 2 Peter 3:3–10Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep,…
• Matthew 24:49–50And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
• Psalms 10:6He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
• Jeremiah 48:11Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
• Job 21:11–15They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about, singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute. They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in…
• Isaiah 5:18–19Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes, to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we…
• Exodus 8:15When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
• Exodus 8:32But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.
• Jeremiah 42:15then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
• Isaiah 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?

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