Holy Scripture

Ecclesiastes 3:17

A church father on this verse
“"Furthermore, I have observed beneath the sun: in the place of justice there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. I mused: God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for everything and for every deed, there." The meaning of this is clear but is cloaked by the clou…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ecclesiastes

Source: Septuagint

Original

17And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: For there is a time there for every action And for every work.

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15That which has been is now; And whatever things are appointed to be have already been; And God will seek out that which is past.

16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, There was the ungodly one; And the place of righteousness, There was the godly one.

— Ecclesiastes 3:17 —

18I said in my heart, Concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, And that to show that they are beasts.

19Also to them is the event of the sons of man, And the event of the brute; One event befalls them: As is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; And there is one breath to all: And what has the man more than the brute? Nothing; for all is vanity.

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