Ecclesiastes 8:11-14 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

11. Sometimes the sentence for a crime isn't carried out quickly. So people make plans to commit even more crimes.

12. An evil man may be guilty of a hundred crimes and still live a long time. But I know that things will go better with men who have great respect for God.

13. Sinful people don't respect God. So things won't go well with them. Like a shadow, they won't be around very long.

14. Here's something else on this earth that doesn't have any meaning. Sometimes godly men get what sinful people should receive. And sinful men get what godly people should receive. Here's what I'm telling you. That doesn't have any meaning either.

Ecclesiastes 8