Ecclesiastes 8:13

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.

Bible in Basic English

In The 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.

In Context

12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

14There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

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Cross References

Job 14:2He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

Job 20:5That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

Psalms 11:5The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

Psalms 39:5\39:4\Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

Isaiah 3:11Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:10-14

The Evil of Oppressive Rulers. 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. 10 And 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. 11 Because 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. 12 Though a sinner do… Read the whole commentary →

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