Ecclesiastes 8:13
13The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.
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13The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.
Ecclesiastes 8 wrestles with the tension between wisdom and power, particularly when the wise find themselves under the authority of foolish or unjust rulers. The Teacher observes that human authority often operates unpredictably, and that the righteous do not always receive just
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