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butוְit will notלֹאbe wellטוֹב יִהְיֶהwith the wicked,לָרָשָׁעand he will notוְלֹאprolongיַאֲרִיךְhis daysיָמִיםlike the shadow,כַּצֵּלbecauseאֲשֶׁרhe does notאֵינֶנּוּfearיָרֵאbeforeמִלִּפְנֵיElohim.אֱלֹהִים
Ecclesiastes 8:13
Study it in the app“but 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ecclesiastes 8:13, word by word
- be wellטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- be wellיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- with the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- prolongיַאֲרִיךְyaarich
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “yaarich” appears- his daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- like the shadowצֵּלtsel
shadow
A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.
Where else “tsel” appears- fearיָרֵאyare
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yare” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
12Though 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;
13 · This verse (above)
14There is a vapor that is done on the earth, that there are righteous ones to whom it comes according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones to whom it comes according to the work of the righteous. I said that this too is vapor.