Ecclesiastes 8:13

but it shall not be well with the ungodly, and he shall not prolong his days, which are as a shadow; forasmuch as he fears not before God.

LXX2012 (US 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

12He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before him:

14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous persons to whom it happens according to the doing of the ungodly; and there are ungodly men, to whom it happens according to the doing of the just: I said, This is also vanity.

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Cross References

Job 14:2Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and can’t continue.

Job 20:5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:

Psalms 11:5Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly. 1

Psalms 39:5O Lord my God, you have multiplied your wonderful works, and in your thoughts there is none who shall be likened to you: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number. 1

Psalms 144:4Generation after generation shall praise your works, and tell of your power. 1

Isaiah 3:11Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.

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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