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a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence. <a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/8.htm">King James Bible</a> 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: <a href="/nkjv/ecclesiastes/8.htm">New King James Version</a> Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. <a href="/nasb_/ecclesiastes/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will go well for those who fear God, who fear Him openly. <a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will be well for those who fear God, who fear Him openly. <a href="/nasb77/ecclesiastes/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will be well for those who fear God, who fear Him openly. <a href="/lsb/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may prolong his life, still I know that it will be well for those who fear God, who fear Him openly. <a href="/amp/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life [seemingly] is prolonged [in spite of his wickedness], still I know that it will be well with those who [reverently] fear God, who fear and worship Him openly [realizing His omnipresence and His power]. <a href="/csb/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before him. <a href="/hcsb/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before Him. <a href="/asv/ecclesiastes/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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: <a href="/cev/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They commit hundreds of crimes and live a long time, in spite of the saying: Everyone who lives right and respects God will prosper, <a href="/erv/ecclesiastes/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: <a href="/gwt/ecclesiastes/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and yet live a long life. Still, I know with certainty that it will go well for those who fear God, because they fear him. <a href="/gnt/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and still live. Oh yes, I know what they say: "If you obey God, everything will be all right, <a href="/isv/ecclesiastes/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> Even though a sinner does what is wrong a hundred times and still survives, nevertheless I also know that things will go well for those who fear God, who fear in his presence. <a href="/net/ecclesiastes/8.htm">NET Bible</a> Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people--for they stand in fear before him. <a href="/nheb/ecclesiastes/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Though a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it will be well with them that fear God, who fear before him:<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence. <a href="/web/ecclesiastes/8.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Though a sinner is doing evil one hundred [times], and prolonging [himself] for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him. <a href="/ylt/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred times, and prolonging himself for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him. <a href="/slt/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Whoever sinned, doing evil a hundred, and it being prolonged to him, for also I know that it will be to those fearing God, who shall be afraid from his face.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and by patience be borne withal, I know from thence that it shall be well with them that fear God, who dread his face. <a href="/cpdv/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But although a sinner may do evil of himself one hundred times, and by patience still endure, I realize that it will be well with those who fear God, who revere his face. <a href="/nabre/ecclesiastes/8.htm">New American Bible</a> because the sinner does evil a hundred times and survives. Though indeed I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, for their reverence toward him; <a href="/nrsvce/ecclesiastes/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Though sinners do evil a hundred times and prolong their lives, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they stand in fear before him,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> He who sins does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with the worshippers of the LORD, that they may fear before him; <a href="/hpbt/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Whoever sins does a hundred evils and prolongs himself, and I know that it will be good for the worshipers of LORD JEHOVAH who will stand in awe before him<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ecclesiastes/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> because a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and prolongeth his days--though yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before Him; <a href="/sep/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before him: <a href="/parallel/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8-2fxj-VcEg?start=1527" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Fear God</a> …11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil. 12<a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">Although</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ḥō·ṭe (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">a sinner</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">does</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā‘ (Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mə·’aṯ (Number-fsc) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">a hundred times</a> <a href="/hebrew/748.htm" title="748: ū·ma·’ă·rîḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be long. A primitive root; to be long.">and still lives long,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">also</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yō·w·ḏê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">it will go</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·wḇ (N-ms) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">well</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">with those who</a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372: yî·rə·’ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten. A primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. To frighten.">fear</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3373.htm" title="3373: lə·yir·’ê (Prep-l:: Adj-mpc) -- Fearing, reverent. From yare'; fearing; morally, reverent.">who are reverent</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mil·lə·p̄ā·nāw (Prep-m, Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">in His presence.</a> 13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/37-9.htm">Psalm 37:9-11</a> For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land. / Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found. / But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity. <a href="/proverbs/1-33.htm">Proverbs 1:33</a> But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.” <a href="/isaiah/3-10.htm">Isaiah 3:10-11</a> Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor. / Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done. <a href="/psalms/73-17.htm">Psalm 73:17-20</a> until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end. / Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. / How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! ... <a href="/proverbs/10-27.htm">Proverbs 10:27-30</a> The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short. / The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish. / The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil. ... <a href="/job/21-7.htm">Job 21:7-16</a> Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? / Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. / Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them. ... <a href="/malachi/3-16.htm">Malachi 3:16-18</a> At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name. / “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him. / So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.” <a href="/psalms/1-5.htm">Psalm 1:5-6</a> Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. / For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. <a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm">Proverbs 11:18-19</a> The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward. / Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death. <a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20-21</a> But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. / “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.” <a href="/romans/2-6.htm">Romans 2:6-11</a> God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” / To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. / But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger. ... <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">2 Peter 2:9</a> if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. <a href="/matthew/25-46.htm">Matthew 25:46</a> And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-9</a> Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. / Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. <a href="/hebrews/10-26.htm">Hebrews 10:26-27</a> If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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:a sinner<a href="/ecclesiastes/5-16.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:16</a> And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?<a href="/ecclesiastes/7-15.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:15</a> All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.<a href="/1_kings/2-5.htm">1 Kings 2:5-9</a> Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet… surely<a href="/ecclesiastes/7-18.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:18</a> It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.<a href="/psalms/37-11.htm">Psalm 37:11,18,19</a> But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace… <a href="/psalms/112-1.htm">Psalm 112:1</a> Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.fear before<a href="/ecclesiastes/3-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:14</a> I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.<a href="/1_chronicles/16-30.htm">1 Chronicles 16:30</a> Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.<a href="/psalms/96-9.htm">Psalm 96:9</a> O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-6.htm">Although</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-10.htm">Better</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-22.htm">Commits</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Crimes</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-11.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-21.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-18.htm">Fearing</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-26.htm">Good</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-3.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-9.htm">Lengthen</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-26.htm">Openly</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-2.htm">Prolonged</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-15.htm">Prolongeth</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-15.htm">Prolonging</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-15.htm">Prolongs</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-2.htm">Reverent</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-8.htm">Sinner</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-20.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-9.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-22.htm">Times</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-10.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Although</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-15.htm">Better</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-32.htm">Commits</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-11.htm">Crimes</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-13.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-13.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-13.htm">Fearing</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-13.htm">Good</a> <a href="/songs/8-12.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-13.htm">Lengthen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-5.htm">Openly</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-22.htm">Prolonged</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-27.htm">Prolongeth</a> <a href="/numbers/9-19.htm">Prolonging</a> <a href="/job/24-22.htm">Prolongs</a> <a href="/malachi/2-5.htm">Reverent</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-2.htm">Sinner</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-4.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-8.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-8.htm">Times</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-13.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Ecclesiastes 8</div>1. <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-1.htm">true wisdom is modest</a> 2. <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-2.htm">Kings are to be respected</a> 6. <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-6.htm">Divine providence is to be observed</a> 12. <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">It is better with the godly in adversity, than with the wicked in prosperity</a> 16. <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-16.htm">The work of God is unsearchable</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ecclesiastes/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ecclesiastes/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long This phrase acknowledges the perplexing reality of the prosperity of the wicked, a theme prevalent throughout the wisdom literature, such as in Job and Psalms. The "hundred times" suggests habitual sinning, emphasizing the persistence of evil actions. The longevity of the sinner's life may seem unjust, echoing the sentiments found in <a href="/psalms/73.htm">Psalm 73</a>, where the psalmist struggles with the prosperity of the wicked. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern context where long life was often seen as a sign of divine favor, creating a tension for the righteous observer.yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God The phrase "I also know" indicates a confident assertion of faith despite the apparent success of the wicked. "Those who fear God" refers to individuals who live in reverence and obedience to God, a central theme in wisdom literature. This fear is not terror but a profound respect and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty and justice. The assurance that "it will go well" aligns with promises found in <a href="/deuteronomy/5-29.htm">Deuteronomy 5:29</a> and <a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>, where fearing God is associated with wisdom and blessing.who are reverent in His presence Reverence in God's presence implies a lifestyle of worship and submission, recognizing God's holiness and authority. This phrase underscores the importance of an ongoing relationship with God, reminiscent of the covenant relationship emphasized throughout the Old Testament. The presence of God was central to Israel's identity, symbolized by the tabernacle and later the temple. This reverence is a type of Christ, who perfectly exemplified living in God's presence and taught His followers to do the same, as seen in <a href="/john/15-4.htm">John 15:4-5</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_sinner.htm">The Sinner</a> Represents those who live in opposition to God's commandments, engaging in repeated wrongdoing. 2. <a href="/topical/t/those_who_fear_god.htm">Those Who Fear God</a> Individuals who live in reverence and awe of God, aligning their lives with His will. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_preacher.htm">The Preacher (Qoheleth)</a> Traditionally understood to be Solomon, the author of Ecclesiastes, who reflects on the meaning of life and the fear of God. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The central figure whose presence and reverence are the focus of the passage. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_context_of_life's_injustices.htm">The Context of Life's Injustices</a> The broader theme in Ecclesiastes of observing life's apparent injustices and the ultimate justice of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_prosperity_for_the_wicked.htm">The Illusion of Prosperity for the Wicked</a> While sinners may appear to prosper and live long lives, this is not an indication of God's approval or the ultimate outcome. <a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_for_those_who_fear_god.htm">The Assurance for Those Who Fear God</a> Despite the apparent success of the wicked, those who fear God can be assured of His favor and ultimate justice. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_reverence.htm">The Importance of Reverence</a> Revering God's presence is crucial for a life aligned with His will, leading to true well-being. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_justice.htm">Trust in God's Justice</a> Believers are encouraged to trust in God's timing and justice, even when life seems unfair. <a href="/topical/l/living_with_an_eternal_perspective.htm">Living with an Eternal Perspective</a> Focusing on eternal rewards rather than temporary earthly success helps maintain faith and perseverance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ecclesiastes_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ecclesiastes 8</a> <a href="/q/how_do_the_wicked_prosper_in_divine_justice.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12–13 implies that the wicked might sometimes prosper; how does that align with other biblical promises of divine justice? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_tomorrow.htm">What does fearing God mean about avoiding extremes?</a> <a href="/q/why_worry_about_those_who_do_wrong.htm">Why worry about those who do wrong?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_wicked_often_die_peacefully.htm">Psalm 52:5 promises God will “uproot” the wicked—why does history record many powerful oppressors who died peacefully? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) Though.--Better, Because; the first part of this verse being in continuation of the preceding. The latter part of the verse states the faith which the writer holds in spite of apparent contrary experience.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ecclesiastes/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Though a sinner do evil a hundred times. The sentence begins again, as ver. 11, with asher, followed by a participle; and the conjunction ought to be rendered "because," the statement made in the former verse being resumed and strengthened. The Vulgate has attamen, which our version follows. The Septuagint goes astray, translating, ο{ς ἥμαρτεν, "He that has sinned has done evil from that time." The sinner is here supposed to have transgressed continually without cheek or punishment. The expression, "a hundred times," is used indefinitely, as <a href="/proverbs/17-10.htm">Proverbs 17:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/65-20.htm">Isaiah 65:20</a>. And his days be prolonged; better, prolongeth his days for it; i.e. in the practice of evil, with a kind of contentment and satisfaction, the pronoun being the ethic dative. Contrary to the usual course of temporal retribution, the sinner often lives to old age The Vulgate has, Et per patientiam sustentatur, which signifies that he is kept in life by God's long-suffering. Ginsburg gives, "and is perpetuated," i.e. in his progeny - which is a possible, but not a probable, rendering. Yet surely I know; rather, though I for my part know. He has seen sinners prosper; this experience has been forced upon him; yet he holds an inward conviction that God's moral government will vindicate itself at some time and in some signal manner. It shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him. This is not really tautological; it is compared to St. Paul's expression (<a href="/1_timothy/5-3.htm">1 Timothy 5:3</a>), "widows that are widows indeed" (ὄντως), implying that they are, in fact and life, what they profess to be. Delitzsch and Plumptre suggest that in Koheleth's time "God-fearers" had become the name of a religious class, as the Chasidim, or "Assideaus," in I Macc. 2:42; 7:13, etc. Certainly a trace of this so-named party is seen in <a href="/psalms/118-4.htm">Psalm 118:4</a>; <a href="/malachi/3-16.htm">Malachi 3:16</a>. When this adjustment of anomalies shall take place, whether in this life or in another, the writer says not here. In spite of all contrary appearances, he holds firm to his faith that it will be welt with the righteous in the long run. The comfort and peace of a conscience at rest, and the inward feeling that his life was ordered after God's will, would compensate a good man for much outward trouble; and if to this was added the assured hope of another life, it might indeed be said that it was well with him. The Septuagint has, "that they may fear before him," which implies that the mercy and loving-kindness of God, manifested in his care of the righteous, lead to piety and true religion. Cheyne ('Job and Solomon'), combining this verse with the next, produces a sense which is certainly not in the present Hebrew text, "For I know that it ever happens that a sinner does evil for a long time, and yet lives long, whilst he who fears before God is short-lived as a shadow." <a href="/commentaries/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Although אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that a sinner חֹטֶ֗א (ḥō·ṭe) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn does עֹשֶׂ֥ה (‘ō·śeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make evil רָ֛ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil a hundred [times] מְאַ֖ת (mə·’aṯ) Number - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> A hundred and still lives long, וּמַאֲרִ֣יךְ (ū·ma·’ă·rîḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_748.htm">Strong's 748: </a> To be, long yet כִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I אָ֔נִי (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I also גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and know יוֹדֵ֣עַ (yō·w·ḏê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that it will go יִהְיֶה־ (yih·yeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be well טּוֹב֙ (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> Pleasant, agreeable, good with those who אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that fear יִֽירְא֖וּ (yî·rə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten God, הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative who are reverent לְיִרְאֵ֣י (lə·yir·’ê) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3372.htm">Strong's 3372: </a> To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten in His presence. מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃ (mil·lə·p̄ā·nāw) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 8:12 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred (Ecclesiast. 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