OLD TESTAMENT

Ecclesiastes 8:13

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But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.

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Verse 13. Let. Or, Hebrew “it shall not,” and so forth Prot. Bible.—Faith evinces that the wicked will be punished.—But. Hebrew “like a shadow.” Septuagint “under the shade,” in prosperity.

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