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Ecclesiastes 8

Eccl. 8:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Becauseg sentence
pithgam (Hebrew #6599)
a (judicial) sentence
KJV usage: decree, sentence.
Pronounce: pith-gawm'
Origin: of Persian origin
against an evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
is not executed
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
speedily
mherah (Hebrew #4120)
properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
KJV usage: hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.
Pronounce: meh-hay-raw'
Origin: feminine of 4118
, thereforeh the heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
of the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of men
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
is fully set
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
in them to do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
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Psa. 10:6• 6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved;{HR}To generation and generation [I am] he which shall not [be] in any evil. (Psa. 10:6)
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Psa. 50:21• 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;{HR}Thou thoughtest I was altogether, like thee.{HR}I will reprove thee and set [them] in order before thine eyes. (Psa. 50:21)
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2 Peter 3:3‑4• 3knowing this first, that in the last of the days mockers shall come with mockery walking according to their own lusts,
 4and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the [day] that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue thus from beginning of creation. (2 Peter 3:3‑4)
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Isa. 26:10• 10If favour be shown unto the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly and doth not behold the majesty of Jehovah. (Isa. 26:10)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 8:15,32• 15And Pharaoh saw that there was respite; and he hardened his heart, and hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said.
 32And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and would not let the people go. (Ex. 8:15,32)
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Job 21:11‑15• 11They send forth their sucklings as a flock,{HR}And their children frisk.
 12They lift [their voice] to timbrel and harp,{HR}And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.
 13They wear out their days in prosperity,{HR}And in a moment sink [to] Sheol.
 14Yet they say to God, Depart from us,{HR}For we desired not the knowledge of thy ways:
 15What [is] the Almighty that we should serve him?{HR}And what profit have we if we meet him? (Job 21:11‑15)
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Psa. 10:6• 6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved;{HR}To generation and generation [I am] he which shall not [be] in any evil. (Psa. 10:6)
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Psa. 50:21‑22• 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;{HR}Thou thoughtest I was altogether, like thee.{HR}I will reprove thee and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
 22Now consider this, forgetters of God (Eloah),{HR}Lest I tear [you] in pieces, and there be no deliverer. (Psa. 50:21‑22)
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Isa. 5:18‑19• 18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope; that say,
 19Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see [it]; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know [it]! (Isa. 5:18‑19)
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Isa. 26:10• 10If favour be shown unto the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly and doth not behold the majesty of Jehovah. (Isa. 26:10)
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Isa. 57:11• 11And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou hast lied and not remembered me, nor laid [it] to thy heart? Have not I held my peace even of long time, and thou fearest me not? (Isa. 57:11)
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Jer. 48:11• 11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. (Jer. 48:11)
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Matt. 24:49‑50• 49and shall begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and shall eat and drink with the drunken,
 50the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour that he knoweth not, (Matt. 24:49‑50)
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Rom. 2:4‑5• 4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
 5But according to thy hardness and unrepentant heart thou treasurest to thyself wrath in [the] day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment, (Rom. 2:4‑5)
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2 Peter 3:3‑10• 3knowing this first, that in the last of the days mockers shall come with mockery walking according to their own lusts,
 4and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the [day] that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue thus from beginning of creation.
 5For this escapeth their notice willingly, that by the word of God heavens were of old, and an earth having its subsistence out of water and through water;
 6by which [waters] the then world being overflowed with water perished.
 7But the now heavens and the earth by the same word have been stored with fire, being kept for a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
 8But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day is with [the] Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
 9[The] Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
 10But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens shall pass away with rushing noise, and elements, with fervent heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works that are therein shall be burnt up. (2 Peter 3:3‑10)
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Jer. 42:15• 15and now therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; (Jer. 42:15)
• And yet this retributive end is by no means speedy in every case. Sentence is often deferred, and the delay emboldens the heart of man to further wickedness. (“Ecclesiastes 8” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully setb in them to do evil.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "is full."

W. Kelly Translation

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Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,{HR}Therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.