1To
every thing
there is a
season, and
a time to
every
purpose
under the
heaven:
2A
time to be
born, and a
time to die;
a time to
plant, and a
time to
pluck up that
which is planted;
3A
time to
kill, and a
time to
heal; a time
to break
down, and a
time to
build up;
4A
time to
weep, and a
time to
laugh; a
time to
mourn, and a
time to
dance;
5A
time to cast
away stones,
and a time
to gather
stones
together; a
time to
embrace, and
a time to
refrain from
embracing;
6A
time to get,
and a time
to lose; a
time to
keep, and a
time to cast
away;
7A
time to
rend, and a
time to sew;
a time to
keep
silence, and
a time to
speak;
8A
time to
love, and a
time to
hate; a time
of war, and
a time of
peace.
9What
profit hath
he that
worketh in
that wherein
he
laboureth?
10I
have seen
the travail,
which God
hath given
to the sons
of men to be
exercised in
it.
11He
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.
12I
know that there
is no
good in
them, but
for a
man to
rejoice, and
to do good
in his life.
13And
also that
every man
should eat
and drink,
and enjoy
the good of
all his
labour, it is the
gift of God.
14I
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.
15That
which hath
been is now;
and that
which is to
be hath
already
been; and
God
requireth
that which
is past.
16And
moreover I
saw under
the sun the
place of
judgment, that wickedness was there;
and the
place of
righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17I
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.
18I
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.
19For
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.
20All
go unto one
place; all
are of the
dust, and
all turn to
dust again.
21Who
knoweth the
spirit of
man that
goeth
upward, and
the spirit
of the beast
that goeth
downward to
the earth?
22Wherefore
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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