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Ecclesiastes 8:13

FearJustice

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.

12 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:

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.

15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

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BSB
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
KJV
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.
WEB
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
ASV
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.
DARBY
but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.
BLB
But it shall not be good for the wicked, and he will not prolong the days like a shadow, because he is not fearing before the face of God.
ÅB
men at det ikke skal gå den ugudelige vel, og at han lik skyggen ikke skal leve lenge, fordi han ikke frykter Gud.
OTB
Men det vil ikke gå godt for de onde, heller ikke vil de forlenge sine dager som en skygge, fordi de ikke frykter Gud.
B1930
men at det ikke skal gå den ugudelige vel, og at han lik skyggen ikke skal leve lenge, fordi han ikke frykter Gud.

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