New American Standard Bible 2020
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
1There is an appointedH2165 timeH2165 for everythingH3605. And there is a 1timeH6256 for everyH3605 matterH2656 underH8478 heavenH8064--2A timeH6256 to giveH3205 birthH3205 and a 2timeH6256 to dieH4191; A timeH6256 to plantH5193 and a timeH6256 to uprootH6131 what is plantedH5193.3A 3timeH6256 to killH2026 and a timeH6256 to healH7495; A timeH6256 to tearH6555 downH6555 and a timeH6256 to buildH1129 upH1129.4A timeH6256 to 4weepH1058 and a timeH6256 to 5laughH7832; A timeH6256 to mournH5594 and a timeH6256 to 6danceH7540.5A 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 upH6 asH6 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 7be silentH2814 and a timeH6256 to speakH1696.8A timeH6256 to loveH157 and a timeH6256 to 8hateH8130; A timeH6256 for warH4421 and a timeH6256 for peaceH7965.
99WhatH4100 benefitH3504 is there for the workerH6213 from that in whichH834 he laborsH6001? 10I have seenH7200 the 10taskH6045 whichH834 GodH430 has givenH5414 the sonsH1121 of mankindH120 with which to 11occupyH6030 themselves. 11He has 12madeH6213 everythingH3605 appropriateH3303 in its timeH6256. He has alsoH1571 setH5414 eternityH5769 in their heartH3820, withoutH1097H834H3808 the possibility that mankindH120 13will findH4672 outH4672 the workH4639 whichH834 GodH430 has doneH6213 from the beginningH7218 even to the endH5490.
12I knowH3045 that thereH369 isH369 14nothingH369 betterH2896 for them thanH3588H518 to rejoiceH8055 and to doH6213 goodH2896 in one’s lifetimeH2425; 13moreoverH1571, that everyH3605 personH120 whoH7945 eatsH398 and drinksH8354 seesH7200 goodH2896 in allH3605 his laborH5999--this is the 15giftH4991 of GodH430. 14I knowH3045 that everythingH3605H834 GodH430 doesH6213 will remainH1961 foreverH5769; thereH369 isH369 nothingH369 to addH3254 to it and thereH369 isH369 nothingH369 to takeH1639 from it. And GodH430 has so workedH6213, that people will 1617fearH3372 Him. 1518That which is, is whatH4100 has alreadyH3528 beenH1961, and that whichH834 will be has alreadyH3528 beenH1961; and GodH430 19seeksH1245 what has passedH7291 byH7291.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Eccl 3:17; 8:6 ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 3:2 Job 14:5; Heb 9:27 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 3:3 Gen 9:6; 1 Sam 2:6; Hos 6:1, 2 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 3:4 Rom 12:15 ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 3:4 Ps 126:2 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 3:4 Ex 15:20 ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 3:7 Amos 5:13 ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 3:8 Ps 101:3; Prov 13:5 ↩
- 9. Ecclesiastes 3:9 Eccl 1:3; 2:11; 5:16 ↩
- 10. Ecclesiastes 3:10 Eccl 1:13; 2:26 ↩
- 11. Ecclesiastes 3:10 Or trouble ↩
- 12. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Gen 1:31 ↩
- 13. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Job 5:9; Eccl 7:23; 8:17; Rom 11:33 ↩
- 14. Ecclesiastes 3:12 Eccl 2:24 ↩
- 15. Ecclesiastes 3:13 Eccl 2:24; 5:19 ↩
- 16. Ecclesiastes 3:14 Or be in awe before Him ↩
- 17. Ecclesiastes 3:14 Eccl 5:7; 7:18; 8:12, 13; 12:13 ↩
- 18. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Eccl 1:9; 6:10 ↩
- 19. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or finds ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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