New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 3:1-10

1There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a 1time for every 2event under heaven--2A time to give birth and a 3time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.3A 4time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.4A time to 5weep and a time to 6laugh; A time to mourn and a time to 7dance.5A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.6A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.7A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to 8be silent and a time to speak.8A time to love and a time to 9hate; A time for war and a time for peace.

9 10What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? 10I have seen the 11task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

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Notes

1. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Eccl 3:17; 8:6 ↩
2. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Lit delight ↩
3. Ecclesiastes 3:2 Job 14:5; Heb 9:27 ↩
4. Ecclesiastes 3:3 Gen 9:6; 1 Sam 2:6; Hos 6:1, 2 ↩
5. Ecclesiastes 3:4 Rom 12:15 ↩
6. Ecclesiastes 3:4 Ps 126:2 ↩
7. Ecclesiastes 3:4 Ex 15:20 ↩
8. Ecclesiastes 3:7 Amos 5:13 ↩
9. Ecclesiastes 3:8 Ps 101:3; Prov 13:5 ↩
10. Ecclesiastes 3:9 Eccl 1:3; 2:11; 5:16 ↩
11. Ecclesiastes 3:10 Eccl 1:13; 2:26 ↩

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