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Ecclesiastes 8:13

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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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  1. Ecclesiastes 6:12Rank 1 from verse 13
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    12For 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?

  2. Isaiah 3:11Rank 2 from verse 13
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    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  3. Job 14:2Rank 3 from verse 13
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    2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

  4. Isaiah 57:21Rank 4 from verse 13
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    21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

  5. Malachi 3:18Rank 5 from verse 13
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    18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

  6. 2 Peter 2:3Rank 6 from verse 13
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    3And 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.

  7. Isaiah 30:13Rank 7 from verse 13
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    13Therefore 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.

  8. James 4:14Rank 8 from verse 13
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    14Whereas 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.

  9. Job 18:5Rank 9 from verse 13
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    5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

  10. Job 20:5Rank 10 from verse 13
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    5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

  11. Job 21:30Rank 11 from verse 13
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    30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  12. Job 7:6–7Rank 12 from verse 13
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    6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

    7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

  13. John 5:29Rank 13 from verse 13
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    29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

  14. Matthew 13:49–50Rank 14 from verse 13
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    49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

    50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

  15. Psalms 11:5Rank 15 from verse 13
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    5The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

  16. Psalms 144:4Rank 16 from verse 13
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    4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

  17. Psalms 39:5Rank 17 from verse 13
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    5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

  18. Psalms 55:23Rank 18 from verse 13
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    23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

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Ecclesiastes 8:13

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shadow

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1. A darkened shape or shade cast by intercepted light. 2. Shelter or protection. 3. A fleeting trace or likeness. 4. A preliminary outline, type, or representation of a fuller reality.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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8:12¶ Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

8:13But 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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