Ecclesiastes 8:13

WEB

¹³But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.

KJV

¹³But 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.

BSB

¹³Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

FBV

¹³In fact, the wicked will not live long, passing like a shadow, because they refuse to follow God.

Extra References

Ecclesiastes 6:12

¹²For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Isaiah 3:11

¹¹Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.

Job 14:2

²He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

Isaiah 57:21

²¹“There is no peace”, says my God, “for the wicked.”

Malachi 3:18

¹⁸Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.

Isaiah 30:13

¹³therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.

Psalms 144:4

⁴Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

Job 21:30

³⁰that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?

John 5:29

²⁹and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

Job 18:5

⁵“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.