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Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

KJV

et dixi in corde meo : Justum et impium judicabit Deus, et tempus omnis rei tunc erit.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου Σὺν τὸν δίκαιον καὶ σὺν τὸν ἀσεβῆ κρινεῖ ὁ θεός· ὅτι καιρὸς τῷ παντὶ πράγματι καὶ ἐπὶ παντὶ τῷ ποιήματι.

LXX

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

ASV

אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ בְּ/לִבִּ֔/י אֶת הַ/צַּדִּיק֙ וְ/אֶת הָ֣/רָשָׁ֔ע יִשְׁפֹּ֖ט הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּי עֵ֣ת לְ/כָל חֵ֔פֶץ וְ/עַ֥ל כָּל הַֽ/מַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה שָֽׁם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
חֵ֖פֶץ
chpts
noun · 36×
י
y
noun · 591×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 5:10 — For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
  • 2Thess 1:6 — Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
  • Acts 1:7 — And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
  • Eccl 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
  • Eccl 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
  • Eccl 8:6 — Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
  • Eccl 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil
  • Eccl 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things
  • Eccl 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things
  • Eccl 12:14 — For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
  • Eccl 12:14 — For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
  • Ezek 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
  • Job 24:1 — Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
  • Matt 16:27 — For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
  • Ps 75:2 — When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
  • Ps 98:9 — Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
  • Rev 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
  • Rom 2:5 — But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
  • Rom 2:16 — In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.