Ecclesiastes 8:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְטוֹב֙ לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה לָֽרָשָׁ֔ע וְלֹֽא־יַאֲרִ֥יךְ יָמִ֖ים כַּצֵּ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֛ר אֵינֶ֥נּוּ יָרֵ֖א מִלִּפְנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-ṭôb not-yihyeh to-the-rāšāʿ and-not-yaʾărîk yāmîm like-the-ṣēl ʾăšer ʾênennû yārēʾ from-before ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

• *ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular - good
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be
• *rāšāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - wicked
• *yaʾărîk*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will prolong
• *yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
• *ṣēl*: noun, masculine singular - shadow
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - who
• *ʾênennû*: negative particle with 3rd masculine singular suffix - he is not
• *yārēʾ*: qal participle, masculine singular - fearing
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God/gods

Word Meanings

• *ṭôb*: good/well-being/prosperity
• *yihyeh*: will be/shall be
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked person/evil one
• *yaʾărîk*: will prolong/will extend/will lengthen
• *yāmîm*: days/lifetime
• *ṣēl*: shadow/shade
• *yārēʾ*: fearing/revering/being in awe of
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being(s)

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 6:12 : 12 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?
• Job 14:2 : 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
• Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
• Isa 30:13 : 13 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.
• Isa 57:21 : 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
• Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
• Matt 13:49-50 : 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
• John 5:29 : 29 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.
• Jas 4:14 : 14 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.
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 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.
• Job 18:5 : 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
• Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
• Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
• Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
• Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state{H8737)} is altogether vanity. Selah.
• Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
• Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
• Job 7:6-7 : 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. 7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.