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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 8:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ec 8:13 |
Strong Concordance |
But it shall not be well [02896] with the wicked [07563], neither shall he prolong [0748] his days [03117], which are as a shadow [06738]; because he feareth [03373] not before [06440] God [0430]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
neither shall he prolong--not a contradiction to Ecc 8:12. The "prolonging" of his days there is only seeming, not real. Taking into account his eternal existence, his present days, however seemingly long, are really short. God's delay (Ecc 8:11) exists only in man's short-sighted view. It gives scope to the sinner to repent, or else to fill up his full measure of guilt; and so, in either case, tends to the final vindication of God's ways. It gives exercise to the faith, patience, and perseverance of saints.
shadow-- (Ecc 6:12; Job 8:9). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A shadow - His life, though it may seem long, yet in truth is but a shadow, which will quickly vanish and disappear. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| But it shall not be well with the wicked - Let not the long-spared sinner presume that, because sentence is not speedily executed on his evil works, and he is suffered to go on to his hundredth transgression, God has forgotten to punish. No, he feareth not before Good; and therefore he shall not ultimately escape. |
9 (For we are but of yesterday [08543], and know [03045] nothing, because our days [03117] upon earth [0776] are a shadow [06738]:)
12 For who knoweth [03045] what is good [02896] for man [0120] in this life [02416], all [04557] the days [03117] of his vain [01892] life [02416] which he spendeth [06213] as a shadow [06738]? for who can tell [05046] a man [0120] what shall be after [0310] him under the sun [08121]?
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].
12 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: