3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time
to every purpose under the heaven:
3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time
to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is
planted;
3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to
break down, and a time to build up;
3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time
to mourn, and a time to dance;
3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to
gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a
time to refrain from embracing;
3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to
keep, and a time to cast away;
3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to
keep silence, and a time to speak;
3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of
war, and a time of peace.
3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that
wherein he laboureth?
3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath
given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
3:11 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.
3:12 I know that there is no good in them, but
for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
3:13 And also that every man should eat and
drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is
the gift of God.
3:14 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.
3:15 That which hath been is now; and that
which is to be hath already been; and God
requireth that which is past.
3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place
of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the
place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
3:17 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.
3:18 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.
3:19 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.
3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust,
and all turn to dust again.
3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth
upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth
downward to the earth?
33:22 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?