Ecclesiastes 8:9-11

New American Standard Bible

⁹ All this I have seen, and have applied my ^[a]mind to every deed that has been done under the sun at a time when one person has exercised ^(A)authority over another person to his detriment.

¹⁰ So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they are ^(B)soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility. ¹¹ Because the ^(C)sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore ^(D)the hearts of the sons of mankind among them are ^[b]fully given to do evil.