Ecclesiastes 3
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Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

1There is an appointedH2165 timeH2165 for everythingH3605. And there is a 1timeH6256 for everyH3605 2eventH2656 underH8478 heavenH8064--2A timeH6256 to giveH3205 birthH3205 and a 3timeH6256 to dieH4191; A timeH6256 to plantH5193 and a timeH6256 to uprootH6131 what is plantedH5193.3A 4timeH6256 to killH2026 and a timeH6256 to healH7495; A timeH6256 to tearH6555 downH6555 and a timeH6256 to buildH1129 up.4A timeH6256 to 5weepH1058 and a timeH6256 to 6laughH7832; A timeH6256 to mournH5594 and a timeH6256 to 7danceH7540.5A timeH6256 to throwH7993 stonesH68 and a timeH6256 to gatherH3664 stonesH68; A timeH6256 to embraceH2263 and a timeH6256 to shunH7368 embracingH2263.6A timeH6256 to searchH1245 and a timeH6256 to giveH6 up as lostH6; A timeH6256 to keepH8104 and a timeH6256 to throwH7993 awayH7993.7A timeH6256 to tearH7167 apartH7167 and a timeH6256 to sewH8609 togetherH8609; A timeH6256 to 8be silentH2814 and a timeH6256 to speakH1696.8A timeH6256 to loveH157 and a timeH6256 to 9hateH8130; A timeH6256 for warH4421 and a timeH6256 for peaceH7965.

910WhatH4100 profitH3504 is there to the workerH6213 from that in whichH834 he toilsH6001? 10I have seenH7200 the 11taskH6045 whichH834 GodH430 has givenH5414 the sonsH1121 of menH120 with which to occupyH6030 themselves. 11He has 12madeH6213 everythingH3605 13appropriateH3303 in its timeH6256. He has alsoH1571 setH5414 eternityH5769 in their heartH3820, 14yetH1097 soH1097 that manH120 15will not findH4672 out the workH4639 whichH834 GodH430 has doneH6213 from the beginningH7218 even to the endH5490.

12I knowH3045 that thereH369 is 16nothingH369 betterH2896 for them thanH3588H518 to rejoiceH8055 and to doH6213 goodH2896 in one’s lifetimeH2425; 13moreoverH1571, that everyH3605 manH120 whoH7945 eatsH398 and drinksH8354 seesH7200 goodH2896 in allH3605 his laborH5999--it is the 17giftH4991 of GodH430. 14I knowH3045 that everythingH3605H834 GodH430 doesH6213 will remainH1961 foreverH5769; thereH369 is nothingH369 to addH3254 to it and thereH369 is nothingH369 to takeH1639 from it, for GodH430 has so workedH6213 that men should 1819fearH3372 Him. 15That 20whichH4100H7945 is has beenH1961 alreadyH3528 and that whichH834 will be has alreadyH3528 beenH1961, for GodH430 seeksH1245 what has passedH7291 by.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Eccl 3:17; 8:6 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Lit delight ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 3:2 Job 14:5; Heb 9:27 ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 3:3 Gen 9:6; 1 Sam 2:6; Hos 6:1, 2 ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 3:4 Rom 12:15 ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 3:4 Ps 126:2 ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 3:4 Ex 15:20 ↩
  8. 8. Ecclesiastes 3:7 Amos 5:13 ↩
  9. 9. Ecclesiastes 3:8 Ps 101:3; Prov 13:5 ↩
  10. 10. Ecclesiastes 3:9 Eccl 1:3; 2:11; 5:16 ↩
  11. 11. Ecclesiastes 3:10 Eccl 1:13; 2:26 ↩
  12. 12. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Gen 1:31 ↩
  13. 13. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Lit beautiful ↩
  14. 14. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or without which man ↩
  15. 15. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Job 5:9; Eccl 7:23; 8:17; Rom 11:33 ↩
  16. 16. Ecclesiastes 3:12 Eccl 2:24 ↩
  17. 17. Ecclesiastes 3:13 Eccl 2:24; 5:19 ↩
  18. 18. Ecclesiastes 3:14 Or be in awe before Him ↩
  19. 19. Ecclesiastes 3:14 Eccl 5:7; 7:18; 8:12, 13; 12:13 ↩
  20. 20. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Eccl 1:9; 6:10 ↩

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