Ecclesiastes 3

1 ♥ 📝 F or everything there is a season,^H2165 and a time^H2165 for every purpose^H2656 under heaven:^H8064

2 ♥ 📝 a time^H6256 to be born,^H3205 and a time^H6256 to die;^H4191 a time^H6256 to plant,^H5193 and a time^H6256 to pluck up^H6131 that which is planted;^H5193

3 ♥ 📝 a time^H6256 to kill,^H2026 and a time^H6256 to heal;^H7495 a time^H6256 to break down,^H6555 and a time^H6256 to build up;^H1129

4 ♥ 📝 a time^H6256 to weep,^H1058 and a time^H6256 to laugh;^H7832 a time^H6256 to mourn,^H5594 and a time^H6256 to dance;^H7540

5 ♥ 📝 a time^H6256 to cast away^H7993 stones,^H68 and a time^H6256 to gather^H3664 stones^H68 together;^H3664 a time^H6256 to embrace,^H2263 and a time^H6256 to refrain^H7368 from embracing;^H2263

6 ♥ 📝 a time^H6256 to seek,^H1245 and a time^H6256 to lose;^H6 a time^H6256 to keep,^H8104 and a time^H6256 to cast away;^H7993

7 ♥ 📝 a time^H6256 to rend,^H7167 and a time^H6256 to sew;^H8609 a time^H6256 to keep silence,^H2814 and a time^H6256 to speak;^H1696

8 ♥ 📝 a time^H6256 to love,^H157 and a time^H6256 to hate;^H8130 a time^H6256 for war,^H4421 and a time^H6256 for peace.^H7965

9 ♥ 📝 What profit^H3504 hath he that worketh^H6213 in that wherein^H834 he laboreth?^H6001

10 ♥ 📝 I have seen^H7200 the travail^H6045 which God^H430 hath given^H5414 to the sons^H1121 of men^H120 to be exercised^H6031 therewith.

11 ♥ 📝 He hath made^H6213 everything beautiful^H3303 in its time:^H6256 also he hath set^H5414 eternity^H5769 in their heart,^H3820 yet so that^H1097 man^H120 cannot find out^H4672 the work^H4639 that^H1097 God^H430 hath done from the beginning^H7218 even to the end.^H5490

12 ♥ 📝 I know^H3045 that there is nothing better^H2896 for them, than to rejoice,^H8055 and to do^H6213 good^H2896 so long as they live.^H2416

13 ♥ 📝 And also that every man^H120 should eat^H398 and drink,^H8354 and enjoy^H7200 good^H2896 in all his labor,^H5999 is the gift^H4991 of God.^H430

14 ♥ 📝 I know^H3045 that, whatsoever God^H430 doeth,^H6213 it shall be for ever:^H5769 nothing^H369 can be put^H3254 to it, nor anything taken^H1639 from it; and God^H430 hath done^H6213 it, that men should fear^H3372 before^H6440 him.

15 ♥ 📝 That which is^H3528 hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago^H3528 been: and God^H430 seeketh^H1245 again that which is passed^H7291 away.

16 ♥ 📝 And moreover I saw^H7200 under the sun,^H8121 in the place^H4725 of justice,^H4941 that wickedness^H7562 was there; and in the place^H4725 of righteousness,^H6664 that wickedness^H7562 was there.

17 ♥ 📝 I said^H559 in my heart,^H3820 God^H430 will judge^H8199 the righteous^H6662 and the wicked;^H7563 for there is a time^H6256 there for every purpose^H2656 and for every work.^H4639

18 ♥ 📝 I said^H559 in my heart,^H3820 [It is] because^H1700 of the sons^H1121 of men,^H120 that God^H430 may prove^H1305 them, and that they may see^H7200 that they^H1992 themselves are [but as] beasts.^H929

19 ♥ 📝 For that which befalleth^H4745 the sons^H1121 of men^H120 befalleth^H4745 beasts;^H929 even one thing^H259 befalleth^H4745 them: as the one dieth,^H4194 so dieth^H4194 the other;^H2088 yea, they have all one^H259 breath;^H7307 and man^H120 hath no preeminence^H4195 above the beasts:^H929 for all is vanity.^H1892

20 ♥ 📝 All go^H1980 unto one^H259 place;^H4725 all are of the dust,^H6083 and all turn^H7725 to dust^H6083 again.^H7725

21 ♥ 📝 Who knoweth^H3045 the spirit^H7307 of man,^H1121 whether it goeth^H5927 upward,^H4605 and the spirit^H7307 of the beast,^H929 whether it goeth^H3381 downward^H4295 to the earth?^H776

22 ♥ 📝 Wherefore I saw^H7200 that there is nothing better,^H2896 than that a man^H120 should rejoice^H8055 in his works;^H4639 for that is his portion:^H2506 for who shall bring^H935 him [back] to see^H7200 what shall be after^H310 him?