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.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsbut 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.
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days as a shadow, because he feareth not beforeGod.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).