Ecclesiastes 8:13
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
But it shall not be well with the wicked,.... It shall be ill with him; more is designed than is expressed, Isa 3:11; in…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 8:9-13
Solomon, in the beginning of the chapter, had warned us against having any thing to do with seditious subjects; here, in…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow The words seem at first in direct contradiction to the…
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