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Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
1599 Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
1599 Geneva Bible
12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and God prolongeth his days, yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear the Lord, and do reverence before him.
13 But it shall not be well to the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days: he shall be like a shadow, because he feareth not before God.
14 There is a vanity, which is done upon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it cometh according to the [a]work of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it cometh according to the work of the just: I thought also that this is vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:14 Which are punished as though they were wicked, as Eccl. 7:17.
Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
New International Version
12 Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better(A) with those who fear God,(B) who are reverent before him.(C) 13 Yet because the wicked do not fear God,(D) it will not go well with them, and their days(E) will not lengthen like a shadow.
14 There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve.(F) This too, I say, is meaningless.(G)
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