Ecc 8:9-10 | ESV | STEP | All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun , when man had power over man to his hurt .

Ecclesiastes 8:9-10

9 ^aAll this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.

Those Who Fear God Will Do Well

10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of ^bthe holy place and were ^cpraised ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts forgotten} in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also twice in verse 14 (see note on 1:2)}