Ecclesiastes 8:13

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 8:13

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Berean Standard 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.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 8

¹¹ When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

¹² Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.

¹³ Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

¹⁴ There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

¹⁵ So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

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