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.


In Context

10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

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

12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

13 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.

14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing 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 giveth him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:13 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:13but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days 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.