Ecclesiastes 8:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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:”
Ecclesiastes 8:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 8:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 8:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.”
Ecclesiastes 8:12 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him: ”
Ecclesiastes 8:12 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred <FI>times<Fi> , and prolonging <FI>himself<Fi> for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him.”
Ecclesiastes 8:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet I know that it shall be well with them that fearGod, because they fear before him; ”
Ecclesiastes 8:12 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him.”
Ecclesiastes 8:12 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:12 in Context — Ecclesiastes 8
10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
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:
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.
14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:12 Mean?
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