Ecclesiastes 8:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹³ However, it will not go well with the wicked,  and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow,  for they are not reverent before God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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

¹³ 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)

¹³ 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

¹³ 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

¹³ 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.

Ecclesiastes 8:13 Cross References

Job 14:2

He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

Job 18:5

Yes, the light  of the wicked  is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Job 20:5

the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

Job 21:30

Indeed, the evil person is spared from the day of disaster, rescued from the day of wrath.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that everything God does will last for ever; there is no adding to it or taking from it.  God works so that people will be in awe of him.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For many dreams bring futility; so do many words.  Therefore, fear God.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?  Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my futile life  I have seen everything:  someone righteous perishes in spite of his righteousness,  and someone wicked lives long in spite of his evil.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good that you grasp the one and do not let the other slip from your hand. For the one who fears God will end up with both of them.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has authority over the wind  to restrain it,  and there is no authority over the day of death;  no one is discharged during battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practise it to escape.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked #– #it will go badly for them, for what they have done will be done to them.

Isaiah 30:13

this iniquity  of yours will be like a crumbling gap, a bulge in a high wall whose collapse will come in an instant #– #suddenly!

Isaiah 57:21

There is no peace for the wicked,’ says my God.

Isaiah 65:20

In her, a nursing infant will no longer live only a few days, or an old man not live out his days. Indeed, the one who dies at a hundred years old will be mourned as a young man, and the one who misses a hundred years will be considered cursed.

Jeremiah 44:10

They have not become humble to this day, and they have not feared or followed my instruction or my statutes that I set before you and your ancestors.

Malachi 3:18

So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

John 5:29

and come out #– #those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of condemnation.

James 4:14

Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring #– #what your life will be! For you are like vapour that appears for a little while, then vanishes.

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit  you in their greed  with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.