Ecclesiastes 8:13
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
אָרַךְ
ʼârak
to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
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