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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 8:12 - Strong Concordance

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Ec 8:12 Strong Concordance Though a sinner [02398] do [06213] evil [07451] an hundred times [03967], and his days be prolonged [0748], yet surely I know [03045] that it shall be well [02896] with them that fear [03373] God [0430], which fear [03372] before [06440] him:
  King James 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:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
He says this, lest the sinner should abuse the statement (Ecc 7:15), "A wicked man prolongeth his life."

before him--literally, "at His presence"; reverently serve Him, realizing His continual presence.
 
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15 All things have I seen [07200] in the days [03117] of my vanity [01892]: there is [03426] a just [06662] man that perisheth [06] in his righteousness [06664], and there is a wicked [07563] man that prolongeth [0748] his life in his wickedness [07451].
11 Because sentence [06599] against an evil [07451] work [04639] is not executed [06213] speedily [04120], therefore the heart [03820] of the sons [01121] of men [0120] is fully set [04390] in them to do [06213] evil [07451].
8 There is no man [0120] that hath power [07989] over the spirit [07307] to retain [03607] the spirit [07307]; neither hath he power [07983] in the day [03117] of death [04194]: and there is no discharge [04917] in that war [04421]; neither shall wickedness [07562] deliver [04422] those that are given [01167] to it.
9 The fear [03374] of the LORD [03068] is clean [02889], enduring [05975] for ever [05703]: the judgments [04941] of the LORD [03068] are true [0571] and righteous [06663] altogether [03162].