13but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.


In Context

10 And I have also seen the wicked buried and going away; and such as had acted rightly went from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity.

11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.

12 Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him;

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

14 There 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; and there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

15 And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man 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 hath given him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:13But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:13But 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:13but 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:13but 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:13But 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:13And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he fears not before God.