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| [1]To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: |
[1]To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. |
| [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; |
[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]A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; |
[3]A time to slay, and a time to heal: a time to break down, and a time to build. |
| [4]A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; |
[4]A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance. |
| [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; |
[5]A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones: a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embracing. |
| [6]A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; |
[6]A time to seek, and a time to lose: a time to keep, and a time to cast away. |
| [7]A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; |
[7]A time to rent, and a time to sow: a time to keep silence, and a time to speak. |
| [8]A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. |
[8]A time to love, and a time to hate: a time of war, and a time of peace. |
| [9]What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth? |
[9]What profit hath he that worketh of the thing wherein he travaileth? |
| [10]I have seen the task which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. |
[10]I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to humble them thereby. |
| [11]He hath made every thing beautiful in its time; also He hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end. |
[11]He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, yet cannot man find out the work that God hath wrought from the beginning even to the end. |
| [12]I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to get pleasure so long as they live. |
[12]I know that there is nothing good in them, but to rejoice, and to do good in his life. |
| [13]But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God. |
[13]And also that every man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commodity of all his labor. this is the gift of God. |
| [14]I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it; and God hath so made it, that men should fear before Him. |
[14]I know that whatsoever God shall do, it shall be forever: to it can no man add, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should fear before him. |
| [15]That which is hath been long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God seeketh that which is pursued. |
[15]What is that that hath been? That is now: and that that shall be, hath now been: for God requireth that which is past. |
| [16]And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there. |
[16]And moreover I have seen under the sun the place of judgment, where was wickedness, and the place of justice where was iniquity. |
| [17]I said in my heart: 'The righteous and the wicked God will judge; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.' |
[17]I thought in mine heart, God will judge the just and the wicked: for time is there for every purpose and for every work. |
| [18]I said in my heart: 'It is because of the sons of men, that God may sift them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.' |
[18]I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them: yet to see to, they are in themselves as beasts. |
| [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 man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity. |
[19]For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are even as one condition unto them. As the one dieth, so dieth the other: for they have all one breath, and there is no excellency of man above the beast: for all is vanity. |
| [20]All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all return to dust. |
[20]All go to one place, and all was of the dust, and all shall return to the dust. |
| [21]Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to the earth? |
[21]Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend upward, and the spirit of the beast descend downward to the earth? |
| [22]Wherefore I perceived that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? |
[22]Therefore I see that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his affairs, because that is his portion. For who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? |