American King James Version
"But 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. "
— Ecclesiastes 8:13, American King James Version
“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.”
“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. ”
“But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.”
“But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.”
“But 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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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.
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. ¶
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:
But 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.
There is a vanity which is done on the earth; that there be just men, to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun. ¶
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes:)