Ecclesiastes 8:13
Cross References

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.

Job 14:2
Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.

Ecclesiastes 3:14
I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.

Ecclesiastes 5:7
Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.

Ecclesiastes 6:12
What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:15
These things also I saw in the days of my vanity: A just man perisheth in his justice, and a wicked man liveth a long time in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that thou shouldst hold up the just, yea and from him withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God, neglecteth nothing.

Ecclesiastes 8:8
It is not in man's power to stop the spirit, neither hath he power in the day of death, neither is he suffered to rest when war is at hand, neither shall wickedness save the wicked.

Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Isaiah 65:20
There shall no more be an infant of days there, nor an old man that shall not fill up his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

it shall

Job 18:5 Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?

Job 20:5 That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

Job 21:30 Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.

Psalm 11:5 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.

Isaiah 57:21 There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord God.

Malachi 3:18 And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

Matthew 13:49,50 So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just. . . .

John 5:29 And they that have done good things shall come forth unto the resurrection of life: but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

neither

Psalm 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.

Isaiah 30:13 Therefore shall this iniquity be to you as a breach that falleth, and is found wanting in a high wall, for the destruction thereof shall come on a sudden, when it is not looked for.

2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not: and their perdition slumbereth not.

as a

Ecclesiastes 6:12 What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?

Job 7:6,7 My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope. . . .

Job 14:2 Who cometh forth like a flower, and is destroyed, and fleeth as a shadow, and never continueth in the same state.

Psalm 39:5 Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.

Psalm 144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days pass away like a shadow.

James 4:14 Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

Context
Fear God
12But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face. 13But 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.
Lexicon
Yet because
אֲשֶׁ֛ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

[the wicked] do not
אֵינֶ֥נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

fear
יָרֵ֖א (yā·rê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3373: Fearing, reverent

God,
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

it will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

go
יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

well
וְטוֹב֙ (wə·ṭō·wḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

with [them],
לָֽרָשָׁ֔ע (lā·rā·šā‘)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

and their days
יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

will not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

lengthen
יַאֲרִ֥יךְ (ya·’ă·rîḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 748: To be, long

like a shadow.
כַּצֵּ֑ל (kaṣ·ṣêl)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6738: A shadow


Additional Translations
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he fears not before God.

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.

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.

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

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.

But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

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

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