Ecclesiastes 3:17 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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.`

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.

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

I said to myself, ‘One day, God will judge everyone, righteous people and wicked people. He has chosen a time for everything. So there is a right time when he will judge people.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So I said to myself, "God has planned a time for everything, and he has planned a time to judge everything people do. He will judge good people and bad people."

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I told myself, “God is going to judge the righteous and the evil alike, because every thing, every action, will happen at its own set time.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

I thought to myself, "God will judge righteous people as well as wicked people, because there is a specific time for every activity and every work that is done."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

I said to myself, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work."

English KJV 1611

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.

I said in my heart, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every work is there.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

I thought in my heart: “God will bring judgment to the righteous and the wicked, for there is an appropriate time for every matter and deed.”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

I said to myself, "God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

And I said to myself, both the just and the wicked God will judge, since there is a time for every affair and on every work a judgment.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

I thought to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment for every deed.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

I said to myself, "God will judge godly and sinful people alike. He has a time for every act. He has a time for everything that is done."

I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed."

English NKJ 1982

I said in my heart, “God shall judge the righteous and the wicked, For there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”

I said to myself, "In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter, and for every work.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter, and for every work.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everything man does, both good and bad.“

English Tyndale 1537

Then thought I in my mind: God shall separate the righteous from the ungodly, and then shall be the time and judgement of all counsels and works.