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


In Context

10 And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also is vanity.

11 Because sentence hath not been done on an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

12 Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred times, and prolonging himself for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.

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

14 There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also is vanity.

15 And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to 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 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 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.