Ecclesiastes 8:12

Fear Justice

¹⁰ And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

¹¹ Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

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.

¹⁴ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
KJV: Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
WEB: Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
ASV: Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:
DARBY: Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him;
BLB: Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and it is prolonged to him still, surely I know that there is good for those fearing God, who fear from before His face.

ÅB: fordi synderen hundre ganger gjør det som ondt er, og allikevel lever lenge; dog vet jeg jo at det skal gå gudfryktige vel, fordi de frykter Gud,
OTB: Selv om en synder gjør ondt hundre ganger og forlenger sitt liv, er jeg sikker på at det vil gå godt med dem som frykter Gud, som ærer Ham åpent.
B1930: fordi synderen hundre ganger gjør det som ondt er, og allikevel lever lenge; dog vet jeg jo at det skal gå gudfryktige vel, fordi de frykter Gud,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
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Luke 1:50
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
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2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
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Psalms 37:18–19
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
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Ecclesiastes 7:15
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
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Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
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Isaiah 3:10–11
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
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Isaiah 65:20–24
There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
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