Ecclesiastes 8:10
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
כֵּן
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
הֶבֶל
is futility
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הֶבֶל
Vanity, breath, emptiness. Hebel. A breath that vanishes, emptiness. Ecclesiastes says everything apart from God is hebel. It looks solid but it is vapor. Only God endures.
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עָשָׂה
they had done
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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קָדוֹשׁ
holy
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קָדוֹשׁ
Holy, set apart. Qadosh. God alone is truly qadosh. He calls His people to share in His holiness. To be set apart for His purposes.
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רָאָה
I have seen
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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רָשָׁע
wicked people
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רָשָׁע
Wicked, ungodly. Rasha. One who is morally wrong and opposed to God. God's mercy is available to anyone who repents.
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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הָלַךְ
they went
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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קָבַר
being buried
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קָבַר
to inter
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