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.


In Context

14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

15 That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

16 And 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.

17 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.

18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as 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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: 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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:17I 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.