Parallel Verses
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}.
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.
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.
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.
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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 Although the sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will be good for those who fear God--because they fear {his presence}. 13 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}. 14 There [is] a vanity that happens on earth: sometimes the righteous suffer what the wicked deserve, and sometimes the wicked receive what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also [is] vanity!"
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Cross References
Job 14:2
Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what [is] good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future} under the sun?
Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked! [It is] bad! For what is done [by] his hands will be done to him.
Job 7:6-7
"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end {without hope}.
Job 18:5
Furthermore, the light of [the] wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire will not shine.
Job 20:5
that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?
Job 21:30
Indeed, [the] wicked is spared from [the] day of disaster; he is delivered from [the] day of wrath.
Psalm 11:5
Yahweh tests [the] righteous, but [the] wicked and [the] lover of violence his soul hates.
Psalm 39:5
Look, you have made my days [mere] handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm [is] complete vanity. Selah
Psalm 55:23
But you, O God, you will bring them down to [the] pit of corruption. [The] men of bloodshed and deceit will not live half their days, but I will trust you.
Psalm 144:4
Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.
Isaiah 30:13
therefore this iniquity shall come for you like a breach about to fall, bulging out on a high wall {that breaks} suddenly, [in] an instant.
Isaiah 57:21
There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
Malachi 3:18
You will return and see [the difference] between [the] righteous and [the] wicked, between [the one who] serves God and the one who does not serve him.
Matthew 13:49-50
Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the evil from among the righteous
John 5:29
and they will come out--those who have done good [things] to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil [things] to a resurrection of judgment.
James 4:14
you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.
2 Peter 2:3
And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation [from] long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.