Ecclesiastes 8:11
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.This verse in the real world
In what words
- פִּתְגָּםpithgâma (judicial) sentence
- מְהֵרָהmᵉhêrâhproperly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
- מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehan action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a
- מָלֵאmâlêʼto fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
- אָדָםʼâdâmruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- לֵבlêbthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the in
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 26:10, Psa 50:21–22, Rom 2:4–5, 2Pe 3:3–10, Mat 24:49–50, Psa 10:6, Job 21:11–15, Jer 48:11