3:1 To all things there is a time, and a
season for every matter under heaven.
3:2 A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck
up what has been planted;
3:3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to pull down, and a time to
build up;
3:4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to
dance;
3:5 a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to
embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
3:6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast
away;
3:7 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to
speak;
3:8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
3:9 What advantage [has] he that works in those things wherein he labours?
3:10 I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to
be troubled with.
3:11 All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also
set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work
which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end.
3:12 I know that there is no good in them, except [for a man] to rejoice,
and to do good in his life.
3:13 Also [in the case of] every man who shall eat and drink, and see good
in all his labour, [this] is a gift of God.
3:14 I know that whatsoever things God has done, they shall be for ever: it
is impossible to add to it, and it is impossible to take away from it: and
God has done [it], that [men] may fear before him.
3:15 That which has been is now; and whatever things [are appointed] to be
have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.
3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgement, there was the
ungodly one; and the place of righteousness, there was the godly one.
3:17 And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly:
for there is a time there for every action and for every work.
3:18 I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will
judge them, and that to shew that they are beasts.
3:19 Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the
brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death
of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than
the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.
3:20 All [go] to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return
to dust.
3:21 And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward?
and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
3:22 And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice
in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any
thing of that which shall be after him? |
3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a
time to every purpose under the heaven:
3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to
pluck up that which is planted;
3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to
build up;
3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to
dance;
3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time
to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast
away;
3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to
speak;
3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be
exercised in it.
3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the
world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh
from the beginning to the end.
3:12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to
do good in his life.
3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all
his labour, it is the gift of God.
3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be
put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should
fear before him.
3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been;
and God requireth that which is past.
3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness
was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for
there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God
might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are
beasts.
3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one
thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have
all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is
vanity.
3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the
beast that goeth downward to the earth?
3:22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man
should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall
bring him to see what shall be after him? |