16And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment- wickedness was there, in the place of justice-wickedness was there.


In Context

13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is the gift of God.

14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

15 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

16 And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment- wickedness was there, in the place of justice-wickedness was there.

17 I 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."

18 I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.

Ecclesiastes 3:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:16I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment — there is the wicked; and the place of righteousness — there is the wicked.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.