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 · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But 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 · 1862

And 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) · 1752

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.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

but 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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