Ecclesiastes 3:16

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^16–18I took another good look at what’s going on: The very place of judgment—corrupt!

Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

And I saw something else under the sun:

In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,

in the place of justice—wickedness was there.

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

I also noticed that under the sun there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt!

I saw something else under the sun: instead of justice there was evil; instead of righteousness there was wickedness.

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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