Ecclesiastes
King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 8:13
“But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.”
King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 8:13 Context
10And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. 11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 12Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: 13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. 14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. 15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. 16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
"But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God." Ecclesiastes 8:13 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 8:13
Bible Commentary for Ecclesiastes 8:13
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 8:13
8:13 A shadow - His life, though it may seem long, yet in truth is but a shadow, which will quickly vanish and disappear.
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall hee prolong his dayes which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong `his' days, `which are' as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.
- Basic English Bible
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.
- Darby Bible
But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of the Lord.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
- English Revised Version
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.
- World English Bible