Ecclesiastes 8:13

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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.

WEB

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

ASV

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.

LSV

And good is not to the wicked, and he does not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.

YLT

And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.

DBY

but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.Elohim

DRC

But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of the Lord.

GNV

But it shall not be well to the wicked, neither shall he prolong his dayes: he shall be like a shadowe, because he feareth not before God.

JPS

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.

LXXE

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.

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WLC

וְטוֹב֙ לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה לָֽרָשָׁ֔ע וְלֹֽא־יַאֲרִ֥יךְ יָמִ֖ים כַּצֵּ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֛ר אֵינֶ֥נּוּ יָרֵ֖א מִלִּפְנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἀγαθὸν οὐκ ἔσται τῷ ἀσεβεῖ, καὶ οὐ μακρυνεῖ ἡμέρας ἐν σκιᾷ, ὃς οὐκ ἔστι φοβούμενος ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ.

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• Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
• Job 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
• Isaiah 57:21“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
• 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
• Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
• Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
• Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
• Psalms 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
• Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
• Job 7:6–7My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
• James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
• Matthew 13:49–50So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous, and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
• Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

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