Ecclesiastes 8:13
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.
KJV
Non sit bonum impio, nec prolongentur dies ejus, sed quasi umbra transeant qui non timent faciem Domini.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀγαθὸν οὐκ ἔσται τῷ ἀσεβεῖ, καὶ οὐ μακρυνεῖ ἡμέρας ἐν σκιᾷ ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν φοβούμενος ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/טוֹב֙ לֹֽא יִהְיֶ֣ה לָֽ/רָשָׁ֔ע וְ/לֹֽא יַאֲרִ֥יךְ יָמִ֖ים כַּ/צֵּ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֛ר אֵינֶ֥/נּוּ יָרֵ֖א מִ/לִּ/פְנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
- Eccl 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
- Isa 3:11 — Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Isa 3:11 — Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Isa 57:21 — There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
- Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- Mal 3:18 — Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.