15 Whatever is, has already been,(A) and whatever will be, already is. However, God seeks justice for the persecuted.[a]

The Mystery of Injustice and Death

16 I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.(B) 17 I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked,(C) since there is a time for every activity and every work.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:15 Lit God seeks what is pursued

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