Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it shall not be well with the rasha, neither shall he lengthen his yamim like a tzel (shadow); because he feareth not before Elohim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 choteh do rah an hundred times, and his yamim be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear HaElohim, which fear before Hashem;

14There is a hevel which is done upon ha'aretz; that there be tzaddikim, unto whom it happeneth according to the ma'aseh haresha'im; again, there be resha'im, to whom it happeneth according to the ma'aseh hatzaddikim; I say that this also is hevel.

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Cross References

Job 14:2He cometh forth like a tzitz (flower), and is cut down; 1 he fleeth also as a tzel, and continueth not. 1

Job 20:5That the triumphing of the resha'im is short, 1 and the simchat chanef (joy of the hypocrite) but for a moment? 1

Psalms 11:5Hashem trieth the tzaddik, 1 but the resha'im and him that loveth chamas (violence) 1 His Nefesh hateth. 1

Psalms 39:5Hashem, make me to know mine end, 1 and the measure of my yamim, what it is; 1 that I may have da'as of how chadel (fleeting, frail) I am. 1

Psalms 144:4Adam is like hevel; 1 his days are as a tzel that passeth away. 1

Isaiah 3:11Oy to the rasha! It shall be rah with him; 1 for what his hands have wrought will be done to him. 1

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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