Ecclesiastes 3
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Revised Version 1895

Ecclesiastes 3:17-22

17I saidH559 in mine heartH3820, GodH430 shall judgeH8199 the righteousH6662 and the wickedH7563: for there is a time there for everyH3605 purposeH3820 and for everyH3605 workH4639. 18I saidH559 in mine heartH3820, It is becauseH5921 of the sonsH1121 of menH120, that GodH430 may prove them, and that they may seeH7200 that they themselvesH1992 are but as beastsH929. 19For that whichH2088 befalleth the sonsH1121 of menH120 befalleth beastsH929; evenH3588 one thingH2088 befalleth them: as the one dieth, soH3651 dieth the otherH259; yeaH3588, they have allH3605 one breathH7307; and manH120 hath noH369 preeminence aboveH4480 the beastsH929: for allH3605 is vanityH1892. 20AllH3605 goH1980 unto one placeH4725; allH3605 are of the dustH6083, and allH3605 turnH7725 to dustH6083 againH7725. 21Who knoweth the spiritH7307 of manH120 whether it goeth upwardH4605, and the spiritH7307 of the beastH929 whether it goeth downwardH4295 to the earthH776? 22Wherefore I sawH7200 that there is nothingH369 betterH2896, thanH2896 that a manH120 should rejoiceH8055 in his worksH4639; for that is his portionH2506: for who shall bringH935 him backH310 to seeH7200 whatH4100 shall be afterH310 him?

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