Ecclesiastes 8:12
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 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — સભાશિક્ષક ૮:૧૨
- જો પાપી માણસ સેંકડો વખત દુષ્કર્મ કર્યા પછી પણ દીર્ઘાયુષ્ય ભોગવે છે, છતાં હું જાણું છું કે નિશ્ચે જેઓ ઈશ્વરનો ભય રાખે છે તેઓનું ભલું થશે.
- हिन्दी — सभोपदेशक ८:१२
- चाहे पापी सौ बार पाप करे अपने दिन भी बढ़ाए, तो भी मुझे निश्चय है कि जो परमेश्वर से डरते हैं और उसको सम्मुख जानकर भय से चलते हैं, उनका भला ही होगा;
In context
10So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
11Because 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.
12Though 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.
13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
14There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
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