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Ecclesiastes 3:15-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:15-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 Whatever is, has already been,(A) and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.[a]
The Mystery of Injustice and Death
16 I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.(B) 17 I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked,(C) since there is a time for every activity and every work.”(D)
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- Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or God calls the past to account, or God seeks what is past, or God seeks the persecuted; lit God seeks [the] pursued
Ecclesiastes 3:15-17
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 3:15-17
New International Version
15 Whatever is has already been,(A)
and what will be has been before;(B)
and God will call the past to account.[a]
16 And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.
17 I said to myself,
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- Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or God calls back the past
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