Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
But it shall not be well with the wicked, nor shall he make his days longer like a shadow; because he does not fear before God.
New American Standard Bible
But it will
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.
Holman Bible
However, it will not go well with the wicked,
International Standard Version
But things will not go well for the wicked person: he will not lengthen his life like a shadow, since he has no fear before God.
A Conservative Version
But it shall not be well with a wicked man, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow, because he did not fear before God.
American Standard 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.
Amplified
But it will not be well for the evil man, nor will he lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.
Julia Smith Translation
And it shall not be good to the unjust one; he shall not lengthen the days as a shadow, for he feared not from before the face of God.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not prolong [their] days, like the shadow; because there is no fearing {God's presence}.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Again, as for the ungodly, it shall not be well with him, neither shall he prolong his days: but even as a shadow, so shall he be that feareth not God.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.
The Emphasized Bible
but, well, shall it not be to the lawless man, neither shall he lengthen out his days like a shadow, - because he standeth not in awe before God.
Webster
But 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.
World English Bible
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.
Youngs Literal Translation
And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 8:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Although Evil Is Not Punished Swiftly, God Does Eventually Punish Sinners
12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days be made longer, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, nor shall he make his days longer like a shadow; because he does not fear before God. 14 There is a vanity which is done on the earth: There are just ones to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked ones to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
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Cross References
Job 14:2
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked! For the evil doing of his hand will be done to him.
Job 7:6-7
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are ended without hope.
Job 18:5
Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 20:5
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment?
Job 21:30
that the wicked is kept for the day of calamity? They shall be brought to the day of wrath.
Psalm 11:5
Jehovah tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence,
Psalm 39:5
Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man standing is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of ruin; bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days; but I will trust in You.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like vanity; his days are like a shadow that passes away.
Isaiah 30:13
therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
Malachi 3:18
Then you shall again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God, and him who does not serve Him.
Matthew 13:49-50
So it shall be at the end of the world. The angels shall come out and separate the wicked from among the just,
John 5:29
and shall come forth, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have practiced evil to the resurrection of condemnation.
James 4:14
who do not know of the morrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapor, which appears for a little time, and then disappears.
2 Peter 2:3
And through covetousness they will use you for gain with well-turned words; for whom judgment from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.