Ecclesiastes 8:13
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New International Version
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.


English Standard Version
But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.


New American Standard Bible
But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.


King James Bible
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.


Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.


International Standard Version
But things will not go well for the wicked person: he will not lengthen his life like a shadow, since he has no fear before God.


American Standard 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.


Douay-Rheims Bible
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.


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


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


Cross References
Job 14:2
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.


Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that, whatever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.


Ecclesiastes 5:7
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear you God.


Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?


Ecclesiastes 7:15
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness.


Ecclesiastes 7:18
It is good that you should take hold of this; yes, also from this withdraw not your hand: for he that fears God shall come forth of them all.


Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither has he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.


Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.


Isaiah 65:20
There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.


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Commentaries
8:9-13 Solomon observed, that many a time one man rules over another to his hurt, and that prosperity hardens them in their wickedness. Sinners herein deceive themselves. Vengeance comes slowly, but it comes surely. A good man's days have some substance; he lives to a good purpose: a wicked man's days are all as a shadow, empty and worthless. Let us pray that we may view eternal things as near, real, and all-important.

13. neither shall he prolong—not a contradiction to Ec 8:12. The "prolonging" of his days there is only seeming, not real. Taking into account his eternal existence, his present days, however seemingly long, are really short. God's delay (Ec 8:11) exists only in man's short-sighted view. It gives scope to the sinner to repent, or else to fill up his full measure of guilt; and so, in either case, tends to the final vindication of God's ways. It gives exercise to the faith, patience, and perseverance of saints.

shadow—(Ec 6:12; Job 8:9).

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