12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may (A)lengthen his life, still I know that it will go (B)well for those who fear God, who fear [a]Him openly. 13 But it will (C)not go well for the evil person and he will not lengthen his days like a (D)shadow, because he does not fear God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:12 Lit before Him

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.

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