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


In Context

14 I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.

15 That which hath been made, the same continueth: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.

16 I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.

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

18 I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God would prove them, and shew them to be like beasts.

19 Therefore the death of man, and of beasts is one, and the condition of them both is equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to 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 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.'

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.