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.


In Context

13 yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God.

14 I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.

15 What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which is to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.

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

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

18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves are beasts.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:16And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment- wickedness was there, in the place of justice-wickedness 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 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.