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14 And I know this, that whatever God does is final—nothing can be added or taken from it; God’s purpose in this is that man should fear the all-powerful God.[a]

15 Whatever is has been long ago; and whatever is going to be has been before; God brings to pass again what was in the distant past and disappeared.[b]

16 Moreover, I notice that throughout the earth justice is giving way to crime, and even the police courts are corrupt.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:14 God’s purpose in this is that man should fear the all-powerful God, implied.
  2. Ecclesiastes 3:15 God brings to pass again what was in the distant past and disappeared, literally, “God seeks what has been driven away.”

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