There is an appointed time
for everything
. And there is a atime
for every
1event
under
heaven
--
A time to give
birth
and a atime
to die
; A time
to plant
and a time
to uproot
what is planted
.
A atime to kill
and a time
to heal
; A time
to tear
down
and a time
to build
up.
A time to aweep
and a time
to blaugh
; A time
to mourn
and a time
to cdance
.
A time to throw
stones
and a time
to gather
stones
; A time
to embrace
and a time
to shun
embracing
.
A time to search
and a time
to give
up as lost
; A time
to keep
and a time
to throw
away
.
A time to tear
apart
and a time
to sew
together
; A time
to abe silent
and a time
to speak
.
A time to love
and a time
to ahate
; A time
for war
and a time
for peace
.
aWhat profit
is there to the worker
from that in which
he toils
?
I have seen the atask
which
God
has given
the sons
of men
with which to occupy
themselves.
He has amade everything
1appropriate
in its time
. He has also
set
eternity
in their heart
, 2yet
so
that man
bwill not find
out the work
which
God
has done
from the beginning
even to the end
.
I know that there
is anothing
better
for them than
to rejoice
and to do
good
in one's lifetime
;
moreover, that every
man
who
eats
and drinks
sees
good
in all
his labor
--it is the agift
of God
.
I know that everything
God
does
will remain
forever
; there
is nothing
to add
to it and there
is nothing
to take
from it, for God
has so worked
that men should 1 afear
Him.
That awhich is has been
already
and that which
will be has already
been
, for God
seeks
what has passed
by.
Furthermore, I have seen
under
the sun
that in the place
of justice
there
is awickedness
and in the place
of righteousness
there
is wickedness
.
I said 1to myself
, " aGod
will judge
both the righteous
man
and the wicked
man
," for a btime
for every
2matter
and for every
deed
is there
.
I said 1to myself
concerning
the sons
of men
, "God
has surely tested
them in order for them to see
that they are but abeasts
."
aFor the fate of the sons
of men
and the fate
of beasts
1is the same
. As one
dies
so
dies
the other
; indeed, they all
have the same
breath
and there
is no
advantage
for man
over
beast
, for all
is 2vanity
.
All go
to the same
place
. All
came
from the adust
and all
return
to the dust
.
Who knows
that the abreath
of man
ascends
upward
and the breath
of the beast
descends
downward
to the earth
?
I have seen that anothing
is better
than
that man
should be happy
in his activities
, for that is his lot
. For who
will bring
him to see
bwhat
will occur
after
him?