15 Whatever is has already been,
    and what will be has been before;
    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,

‘God will bring into judgment
    both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
    a time to judge every deed.’

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or God calls back the past