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.