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Douay-Rheims
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But let it not be well with the wicked, neither let his days be prolonged, but as a shadow let them pass away that fear not the face of the Lord.
King James
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But 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.
Louis Second
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Mais le bonheur n'est pas pour le méchant, et il ne prolongera point ses jours, pas plus que l'ombre, parce qu'il n'a pas de la crainte devant Dieu
Martin Luther
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Denn es wird dem Gottlosen nicht wohlgehen und wie ein Schatten nicht lange leben, die sich vor GOtt nicht fürchten.
Vulgate
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non sit bonum impio nec prolongentur dies eius sed quasi umbra transeant qui non timent faciem Dei

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


non : not.
nec : conj, and not.
sed : but/ and indeed, what is more.
quasi : as if, just as, just as if, as it were /a sort of.
umbra : shade, shadow.
qui : quae : que : quod : which, what, that.
qui : (masc. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (men) WHO have eyes to see..
qui : (masc. neut. nom.) (the prince) WHO loved a milkmaid.
qui : (question) how? in what way? / somehow / wherewith.