Eclesiastes 8:13

13 Para os ímpios, no entanto, nada irá bem, porque não temem a Deus, e os seus dias, como sombras, serão poucos.

Eclesiastes 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it shall not be well with the wicked
It shall be ill with him; more is designed than is expressed, ( Isaiah 3:11 ) ; in life they have no solid peace and comfort; at death they will be turned into at judgment they will hear the awful sentence, "Go, ye cursed", and will be in torment to all eternity, ( Matthew 25:41 ) ; neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow:
wicked men sometimes do not live out half their days, which, according to the course of nature, and common term of life, they might be thought to live; or if they prolong their days in wickedness, as sometimes they do, ( Ecclesiastes 7:15 ) ; yet their days at longest are but a shadow which declines, and is quickly gone; or, however, they do not attain to eternal life, which is sometimes meant by prolonging days, and is length of days for ever and ever, ( Isaiah 53:10 ) ( Psalms 21:4 ) ; this they never enjoy; but when the righteous go into life lasting, they go into everlasting punishment. The reason of this is, because he feareth not before God;
the fear of God is not before his eyes, nor in his heart; he goes on in sin without fear of him, boldly and openly commits it, and instead of taking shame for it, or repenting of it, glories in it; stretches out his hand against God, and bids defiance to him, and desires not the knowledge of him, and refuses to obey him The Targum of the whole is,

``and it shall not be well with the wicked, and he shall have no space in the world to come; and in this world his days shall be cut off, and they shall flee and pass away as a shadow, because he fears not God.''

Eclesiastes 8:13 In-Context

11 Quando os crimes não são castigados logo, o coração do homem se enche de planos para fazer o mal.

12 O ímpio pode cometer uma centena de crimes e, apesar disso, ter vida longa, mas sei muito bem que as coisas serão melhores para os que temem a Deus, para os que mostram respeito diante dele.

13 Para os ímpios, no entanto, nada irá bem, porque não temem a Deus, e os seus dias, como sombras, serão poucos.

14 Há mais uma coisa sem sentido na terra: justos que recebem o que os ímpios merecem, e ímpios que recebem o que os justos merecem. Isto também, penso eu, não faz sentido.

15 Por isso recomendo que se desfrute a vida, porque debaixo do sol não há nada melhor para o homem do que comer, beber e alegrar-se. Sejam esses os seus companheiros no seu duro trabalho durante todos os dias da vida que Deus lhe der debaixo do sol!