Ecclesiastes 3:16

I have seen the wickedness that is under the sun, where there should be justice, and in place of righteousness, wickedness was there.

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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

15Whatever exists has already existed; 2 whatever will exist has already existed. 1 God makes human beings seek hidden things. + 3:15 Instead of God makes human beings seek hidden things , other modern versions interpret this line in different ways.

17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked at the right time for every matter and every deed.”

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Cross References

Psalms 58:1Do you rulers speak righteousness? 1 Do you judge uprightly, you people? 1

Psalms 82:2How long will you judge unjustly 1 and show favoritism to the wicked? Selah 1

Ecclesiastes 4:1Once again I thought about all the oppression that is done under the sun. 1 And behold, the tears of oppressed people, 2 and they had no one to comfort them! 1 Power was in the hand of their oppressors, 2 and there was no one to comfort them! 1

Ecclesiastes 5:8When you see the poor being oppressed and robbed of just and right treatment in your province, do not be astonished as if no one knows, because there are people in power who watch those under them, and there are even higher ones over them.

Micah 2:2They desire fields and seize them; 1 they desire houses and take them. 1 They oppress a man and his house, 1 a man and his inheritance. 1

Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions in her midst. 1 Her judges are evening wolves who leave nothing to be gnawed upon in the morning. 1

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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