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 whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it; and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

15 That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.

16 And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, 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 thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.

19 For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the 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 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.