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Ecclesiastes 3:16-18
International Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:16-18
International Standard Version
From Dust to Dust
16 I also examined on earth:
where the halls of justice were supposed to be,
there was lawlessness;
and where the righteous were supposed to be,[a]
there was lawlessness.
17 I told myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked, because there is a time set to judge[b] every event and every work.”
18 “As for human beings,” I told myself, “God puts them to the test, that they might see themselves as mere animals.”
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- Ecclesiastes 3:16 Lit. and the place of judgment
- Ecclesiastes 3:17 The Heb. lacks to judge
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