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So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
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The Fleeting Honor of the Wicked
Most commentators interpret this verse as an observation about corrupt rulers. Despite wielding power from the "holy place" (the seat of justice) and receiving honorable burials, their legacy is ultimately empty. They are forgotten in the very city they governed, showing that worldly power and prestige are temporary and meaningless, or "vanity."
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That is, “I saw wicked (rulers) buried, who came into the world and went from the Holy place (the seat of authority and justice,[Reference Deuteron…
19th Century
Anglican
They had so done.— An ambiguity in translation of this verse arises from the fact that the word translated “so” is rendered “well”…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And so I saw the wicked buried Or "truly"F11, verily, as the Targum, this is matter of fact; or "then I s…
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