Ecclesiastes 8:13

Modern

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

Traditional

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.

Literal

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.

Latin

Non sit bonum impio, nec prolongentur dies ejus, sed quasi umbra transeant qui non timent faciem Domini.

Hebrew

English

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

Injustice is temporary and does not disrupt God's plans for justice (Ecclesiastes 3:16–17; 12:14). In the end, wickedness does not succeed.

Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Job 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Malachi 3:18
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Isaiah 57:21
“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Job 18:5
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Job 7:6–7
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Job 20:5
…the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.