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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For 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?
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-13)Solomon, in the beginning of the chapter, had warned us against having any thing to do with seditious subjects; here, in these verses, he encourages us, in reference to the mischief of tyrannical and oppressive rulers, such as he had complained of before, Eccl. 3:16 ; 4:1 . 1. He had observed many such rulers, Eccl. 8:9. In the serious views and reviews he had taken of the children of men and thei…
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