Ecclesiastes 3
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Ecclesiastes 3:1-10

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.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain