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Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
Lexham English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:12-14
Lexham English Bible
12 Although the sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will be good for those who fear God—because they fear his presence.[a] 13 But it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not prolong their days, like the shadow; because there is no fearing God’s presence.[b] 14 There is a vanity that happens on earth: sometimes the righteous suffer what the wicked deserve, and sometimes the wicked receive what the righteous deserve. I said, “This also is vanity!”
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- Ecclesiastes 8:12 Literally “from before his face”
- Ecclesiastes 8:13 Literally “from before the face of God”
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