Ecclesiastes 8:13

King James Version (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.

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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 evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

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.

14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

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Ecclesiastes 8:13 in every translation

KJV 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.
WEB World English Bible: But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
DBY Darby 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.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.