Ecclesiastes 3:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was wickedness, and that in the place of righteousness wickedness was there also.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ I saw something else under the sun: in the place of justice, there was wickedness; and in the place of what was right, there was wickedness again!

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 3:16 Tagairtí Cros

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I turned myself to other things, and I saw the false accusations which are carried out under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and that there was no one to console them; and that they were not able to withstand their violence, being destitute of all help.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

If you see false accusations against the indigent, and violent judgments, and subverted justice in the government, do not be surprised over this situation. For those in high places have others who are higher, and there are still others, more eminent, over these.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

But finally, there is the King who rules over the entire earth, which is subject to him.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I have considered all these things, and I have applied my heart to all the works which are being done under the sun. Sometimes one man rules over another to his own harm.

Isaiah 59:14

And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.

Micah 2:2

And they have desired fields and have taken them by violence, and they have stolen houses. And they have made false accusations against a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her leaders are in her midst like roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing for the morning.

Matthew 26:59

Then the leaders of the priests and the entire council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death.

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him: "God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! For would you sit and judge me according to the law, when, contrary to the law, you order me to be struck?"

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you through power? And are not they the ones who drag you to judgment?