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Ecclesiastes 8:12

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Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

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Verse 12. Face. If God shew such clemency to the wicked, will he disregard his servants? Greek interpreters have read in a different meaning. Calmet.—Septuagint “the sinner has done evil from that time, and for a long while,” ( Tirinus.) and so forth See Saint Jerome Bible.

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