Ecclesiastes 8:13
What does Ecclesiastes 8:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 8:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000but 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
King James Version · 1611But 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
American Standard Version · 1901but 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days as a shadow, because he feareth not beforeGod.
Context
v.12Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:
v.13This passage
v.14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 5:29
and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
- Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knoweth what is good for man in his 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?
- Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
- Isaiah 30:13
therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.
- Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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