16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 3:16:1 ⧉וְע֥וֹדveodand still or moreover Ecclesiastes 3:16:2 ⧉רָאִ֖יתִיraitiI saw Ecclesiastes 3:16:3 ⧉תַּ֣חַתtakhatunder Ecclesiastes 3:16:4 ⧉הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe sun Ecclesiastes 3:16:5 ⧉מְק֤וֹםmekoma place of Ecclesiastes 3:16:6 ⧉הַמִּשְׁפָּט֙hamishpatthe judgment or justice Ecclesiastes 3:16:7 ⧉שָׁ֣מָּהshamathere Ecclesiastes 3:16:8 ⧉הָרֶ֔שַׁעhareshathe wickedness Ecclesiastes 3:16:9 ⧉וּמְק֥וֹםumekomand a place of Ecclesiastes 3:16:10 ⧉הַצֶּ֖דֶקhatsedekthe righteousness Ecclesiastes 3:16:11 ⧉שָׁ֥מָּהshamathere Ecclesiastes 3:16:12 ⧉הָרָֽשַׁע׃harashathe wickedness |
16. Formal Translation And yet I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there was wickedness. |
16. Dynamic Translation I also observed that under the sun, even where there should be justice, wickedness appears; and where people expect what is right, wrongdoing is also there. |