Ecclesiastes 8:12
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.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- אָרַךְʼârakto be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
- יָרֵאyârêʼfearing; morally, reverent
- חָטָאchâṭâʼproperly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, la
- יָרֵאyârêʼto fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- מֵאָהmêʼâha hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 37:11, Luk 1:50, 2Pe 2:9, Ecc 7:15, Psa 37:18–19, Isa 3:10–11, Ecc 3:14, Rom 9:22