To every
thing there is a season, and a time to every
purpose under the heaven:
02 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time
to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is
planted;
03 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to
break down, and a time to build up;
04 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to
mourn, and a time to dance;
05 A time to cast away stones, and a time to
gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a
time to refrain from embracing;
06 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to
keep, and a time to cast away;
07 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to
keep silence, and a time to speak;
08 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of
war, and a time of peace.
09 What profit hath he that worketh in that
wherein he laboureth?
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given
to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his
time: also he hath set the world in their heart,
so that no man can find out the work that God
maketh from the beginning to the end.
12 I know that there is no good in them, but for
a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink,
and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the
gift of God.
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14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be
for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing
taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should
fear before him.
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is
to be hath already been; and God requireth that
which is past.
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.
17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the
righteous and the wicked: for there is a time
there for every purpose and for every work.
18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of
the sons of men, that God might manifest them,
and that they might see that they themselves are
beasts.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men
befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them:
as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they
have all one breath; so that a man hath no
preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust,
and all turn to dust again.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth
upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth
downward to the earth?
22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing
better, than that a man should rejoice in his own
works; for that is his portion: for who shall
bring him to see what shall be after him?
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