Ecclesiastes 3:16-18

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¹⁶Another thing I observed under the sun:

There, in the same place as justice, was wickedness;
there, in the same place as righteousness, was wickedness.

¹⁷I said to myself, “The righteous and the wicked God will judge, because there is a right time for every intention and for every action.”

¹⁸Concerning people, I said to myself, “God is testing them, so that they will see that by themselves they are just animals.

Ecclesiastes 3:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶And I saw something else under the sun:

In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.

¹⁷I said to myself,

“God will bring into judgment^(A)
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time to judge every deed.”^(B)

¹⁸I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.^(C)

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