17I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.


In Context

14 I know that, whatever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him.

15 That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires 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.

17 I said in my 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 my 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 befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man has no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:17I 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:17I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:17And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:17I 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17I 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:17I 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17I 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17I 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:17I said in my heart, 'The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time is to every matter and for every work there.'