Ecclesiastes 3:17
Ecclesiastes chapter 3 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Context
v.16And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
v.17This passage
v.18I said in my heart, It isbecause of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 12:9
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.
- Psalms 98:9
Before Jehovah; for he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.
- Ecclesiastes 1:16
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
- Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
- Genesis 18:25
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
- 2 Peter 3:7
but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.