Ecclesiastes 8:13

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

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.

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וְטוֹב ve·tov and good H2896 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 יִהְיֶה yih·yeh it will belong H1961 לָרָשָׁע la·ra·sha' to the wicked H7563 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 יַאֲרִיךְ ya·'a·rikh he will prolong H748 יָמִים ya·mim days H3117 כַּצֵּל ka·tzel like (the) shadow H6738 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher that H834 אֵינֶנּוּ 'ei·ne·nu not he H369 יָרֵא ya·re' he has feared H3373 מִלִּפְנֵי mi·lif·nei from to before H6440 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him God H430

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Wicked (People)Impenitence

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.