Thoughאֲשֶׁרa sinnerחֹטֶאdoesעֹשֶׂהevilרָעa hundred timesמְאַתand prolongs his days,וּמַאֲרִיךְ לוֹyetכִּיalsoגַּםIאָנִיknowיוֹדֵעַthatאֲשֶׁרit will beיִהְיֶהwellטּוֹבwith those who fearלְיִרְאֵיElohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרfearיִירְאוּbefore him;מִלְּפָנָיו
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Study it in the app“Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his days, yet also I know that it will be well with those who fear Elohim, who fear before him;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 8:12, word by word
- a sinnerחֹטֶאchote
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chote” appears- doesעֹשֶׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- a hundred timesמְאַתmeat
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meat” appears- and prolongs his daysמַאֲרִיךְmaarich
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “maarich” appears- knowיוֹדֵעַyodea
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yodea” appears- it will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- wellטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- with those who fearיִרְאֵיyire
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yire” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears
The context
11Because the sentence against the evil work is not carried out quickly, therefore the heart of human beings is full in them to do evil.
12 · This verse (above)
13but it will not be well with the wicked, and he will not prolong his days like the shadow, because he does not fear before Elohim.