Ecclesiastes 8:10
10I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.
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10I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8 wrestles with the tension between wisdom and power, particularly when the wise find themselves under the authority of foolish or unjust rulers. The Teacher observes that human authority often operates unpredictably, and that the righteous do not always receive just
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