He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
Ecclesiastes 8:13 - Revised Standard Version but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 Bible - Classic Edition But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not [reverently] fear and worship God. [Matt. 25:41.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible But it will not go well for the wicked; they won’t live long at all because they aren’t reverent before God. Catholic Public Domain Version So, may it not go well with the impious, and may his days not be prolonged. And let those who do not fear the face of the Lord pass away like a shadow. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees like a shadow, and continues not.
“Yea, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
that the wicked man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates him that loves violence.
Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers!
Behold, thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely every man stands as a mere breath! Selah
But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.
I know that whatever God does endures for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has made it so, in order that men should fear before him.
For when dreams increase, empty words grow many: but do you fear God.
For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
In my vain life I have seen everything; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing.
It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth from them all.
No man has power to retain the spirit, or authority over the day of death; there is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a break in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant;
No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes which I set before you and before your fathers.
Then once more you shall distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.