Ecclesiastes 3:17
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
I 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.
18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
- KJV
- I 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.
- WEB
- I 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.”
- ASV
- I 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.
- DARBY
- I 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.
- BLB
- I said in my heart, “The righteous and the wicked, God will judge, because a time [is] to every activity, and for every work there.”
- ÅB
- Da sa jeg i mitt hjerte: Gud skal dømme den rettferdige så vel som den gudløse; for hos ham er det fastsatt en tid for hvert foretagende og for alt hva som gjøres.
- OTB
- Jeg sa til meg selv: “Gud vil dømme både de rettferdige og de onde, for det er en tid for hver sak og hver gjerning.”
- B1930
- Da sa jeg i mitt hjerte: Gud skal dømme den rettferdige så vel som den gudløse; for hos ham er det fastsatt en tid for hvert foretagende og for alt hvad som gjøres.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 3:1
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Read in contextMatthew 16:27
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Read in contextPsalms 98:9
Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Read in contextRomans 2:5–10
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Read in contextEcclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:6–10
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
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