Ecclesiastes 3:16

under the sun. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:1.

wickedness. lawlessness. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.

iniquity. Same word as "wickedness" above. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6).

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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.

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