Ecclesiastes 8:13

In fact, the wicked will not live long, passing like a shadow, because they refuse to follow God.

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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

12Even though a sinner may do wrong a hundred times, and live a long life, I'm convinced that those who do what God says will be better off.

14Another thing that is hard to understand is this: good people are treated as the wicked should be, and the wicked are treated as good people should be. As I say, this is difficult to comprehend!

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Cross References

Job 14:2like a flower that blooms and withers, like a passing shadow that soon disappears.

Job 20:5that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God are only happy for a short time?

Psalms 11:5The Lord examines both those who do right and those who do evil, but he hates those who love violence.

Psalms 39:5Just look at the tiny amount of days you have given me! In your eyes my whole lifetime is like nothing. Our lives here are just a breath… Selah.

Psalms 144:4Humanity is like a breath; their lives are like a passing shadow.

Isaiah 3:11But tragedy comes to the wicked, for what they did will be done to them.

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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