Ecclesiastes 8:7-13

Amplified Bible

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For no one knows what will happen;
So who can tell him how and when it will happen?
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There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,
Nor does he have authority over the day of death;
There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,
And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.

⁹All this I have seen while applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has exercised power over others to their detriment.

¹⁰So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out of the holy place [but did not thereby escape their doom], and they are [praised in spite of their evil and] soon forgotten in the city where they did such things. This too is futility (vanity, emptiness). ¹¹Because the sentence against an evil act is not executed quickly, the hearts of the sons of men are fully set to do evil. ¹²Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life [seemingly] is prolonged [in spite of his wickedness], still I know that it will be well with those who [reverently] fear God, who fear and worship Him openly [realizing His omnipresence and His power].^(A) ¹³But it will not be well for the evil man, nor will he lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.^(B)