Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, 'The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time is to every matter and for every work there.'This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- חֵפֶץchêphetspleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a
- שָׁפַטshâphaṭto judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish
- צַדִּיקtsaddîyqjust
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- עֵתʻêthtime, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- לֵבlêbthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the in
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Co 5:10, Ecc 12:14, Ecc 3:1, Mat 16:27, Ecc 11:9, Psa 98:9, Rom 2:5–10, 2Th 1:6–10