Ecclesiastes 8:13 Parallel Translations

But it will not go well for the wicked. They will not live any longer. Their lives are like shadows, because they don't fear God.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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:

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.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.

YLT:

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

Ecclesiastes 8:13 Cross References

XREF:

Job 14:2 "Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 8:8 No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.

Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

8:13 A shadow - His life, though it may seem long, yet in truth is but a shadow, which will quickly vanish and disappear.

MHC:

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.

CONC:

Doesn't Evil Evil-doer Fear Feareth Fearing Lengthen Prolong Shade Shadow Wicked

Evil Evil-Doer Fear Feareth Fearing Good Lengthen Prolong Shade Shadow Wicked

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