Ecclesiastes 3:16

Furthermore, I saw that on this earth [MTY], even in the courts where we expect judges to make right decisions about what people had done, they did many wicked [DOU] things.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Things that exist now have already existed previously, and things that will happen in the future have already happened previously; God causes the same things to happen many times.

17So I said to myself [SYN], “God will judge both righteous people and wicked people; there is a time for him to do that, because there is a time for him to do everything.”

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Cross References

Psalms 58:1When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly [RHQ]!

Psalms 82:2“You must [RHQ] stop judging people unfairly; you must no longer make decisions that favor wicked people! (Think about that!)

Ecclesiastes 4:1I thought some more about all the suffering that people are caused to experience on the earth [MTY]. I saw the tears of people who were ◄oppressed/treated cruelly► and who had no one to comfort/encourage them. Those who oppressed them had power, and there was absolutely no one who was able to comfort those who were being oppressed.

Ecclesiastes 5:8Do not be surprised if you see poor people being ◄oppressed/treated cruelly► by powerful/influential people, or if you see judges making unjust decisions throughout the land. That happens because the people who do that are supervised and cheated by more important officials [DOU],

Micah 2:2You want fields that belong to other people, so you seize them; you also take their houses. You cheat people to get their homes, taking away the property that belongs to their families.

Zephaniah 3:3Their leaders are like [MET] roaring lions; they are like [MET] wolves that attack other animals during the evening, and eat everything that they kill, with the result that the next morning there is nothing left of those animals to eat.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:12-16

Mutability of Human Affairs. 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken… Read the whole commentary →

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