Ecclesiastes 3

1For everythingH3605 there is a season, and a timeH6256 for every purpose under heavenH8064: 2a timeH6256 to be bornH3205, and a timeH6256 to dieH4191; a timeH6256 to plantH5193, and a timeH6256 to pluck up that which is plantedH5193; 3a timeH6256 to killH2026, and a timeH6256 to healH7495; a timeH6256 to breakH6555 down, and a timeH6256 to buildH1129 up; 4a timeH6256 to weepH1058, and a timeH6256 to laughH7832; a timeH6256 to mournH5594, and a timeH6256 to dance; 5a timeH6256 to castH7993 awayH7993 stonesH68, and a timeH6256 to gatherH3664 stonesH68 together; a timeH6256 to embraceH2263, and a timeH6256 to refrain from embracingH2263; 6a timeH6256 to seekH1245, and a timeH6256 to lose; a timeH6256 to keepH8104, and a timeH6256 to castH7993 awayH7993; 7a timeH6256 to rend, and a timeH6256 to sewH8609; a timeH6256 to keep silence, and a timeH6256 to speakH1696; 8a timeH6256 to loveH157, and a timeH6256 to hateH8130; a timeH6256 for warH4421, and a timeH6256 for peaceH7965. 9What profitH3504 hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth? 10I have seenH7200 the travail which GodH430 hath givenH5414 to the sonsH1121 of menH120 to be exercised therewith. 11He hath madeH6213 everythingH3605 beautifulH3303 in its timeH6256: alsoH1571 he hath setH5414 eternity in their heartH3820, yet so that manH120 cannot findH4672 out the workH4639 that GodH430 hath done from the beginning even to the endH5490. 12I knowH3045 that there is nothingH369 betterH2896 for them, than to rejoiceH8055, and to do goodH2896 so long as they live. 13And alsoH1571 that every manH120 should eatH398 and drinkH8354, and enjoy goodH2896 in all his laborH5999, is the giftH4991 of GodH430. 14I knowH3045 that, whatsoever GodH430 doeth, it shall beH1961 for everH5769: nothingH369 can beH1961 put to it, nor anything taken from it; and GodH430 hath done it, that men should fearH3372 before him. 15That which is hath beenH1961 long ago; and that which is to beH1961 hath long ago beenH1961: and GodH430 seeketh again that which is passed away.

16And moreover I sawH7200 under the sunH8121, in the placeH4725 of justiceH4941, that wickednessH7562 was there; and in the placeH4725 of righteousnessH6664, that wickednessH7562 was there. 17I saidH559 in my heartH3820, GodH430 will judgeH8199 the righteousH6662 and the wickedH7563; for there is a timeH6256 there for every purpose and for every workH4639. 18I saidH559 in my heartH3820, It isbecause of the sonsH1121 of menH120, that GodH430 may prove them, and that they may seeH7200 that they themselves are but as beasts. 19For that which befalleth the sonsH1121 of menH120 befalleth beasts; even oneH259 thing befalleth them: as the oneH259 dieth, soH3651 dieth the other; yea, they have all oneH259 breathH7307; and manH120 hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanityH1892. 20All goH1980 unto oneH259 placeH4725; all areH1961 of the dustH6083, and all turnH7725 to dustH6083 again. 21Who knoweth the spiritH7307 of manH120, whether it goeth upwardH4605, and the spiritH7307 of the beast, whether it goeth downwardH4295 to the earthH776? 22Wherefore I sawH7200 that there is nothingH369 betterH2896, than that a manH120 should rejoiceH8055 in his worksH4639; for that is his portionH2506: for who shall bringH935 him back to seeH7200 what shall beH1961 after him?