For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
ForGod shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).