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Ecclesiastes 3:15-17
International Children’s Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:15-17
International Children’s Bible
15 What happens now has also happened in the past.
Things that will happen in the future have also happened before.
God makes the same things happen again and again.
God Allows Unfairness
16 I also saw this here on earth:
Where there should have been justice, there was evil.
Where there should have been fairness, there was wickedness.
17 I certainly believe that
God has planned a time for every thing and every action.
He will judge both good people and bad people.
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,
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or God calls back the past
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