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[1] For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under 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;
[3] a time to kill,
and a time to heal;
a time to break down,
and a time to build up;
[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;
[6] a time to seek,
and a time to lose;
a time to keep,
and a time to cast away;
[7] a time to tear,
and a time to sew;
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. [9] What profit has he who works in that in which he labors? [10] I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. [11] He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. [12] I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live. [13] Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God. [14] I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him. [15] That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago. God seeks again that which is passed away. [16] Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there. [17] I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.” [18] I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals. [19] For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity. [20] All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again. [21] Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?” [22] Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
King James Version
[1] To every thing there is a season, H2165 and a time H6256 to every purpose H2656 under the 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 get, 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 of war, H4421 and a time H6256 of peace. H7965 [9] What H4100 profit H3504 hath he that worketh H6213 in that wherein H834 he laboureth? H6001 [10] I have seen H7200 H853 the travail, H6045 which H834 God H430 hath given H5414 to the sons H1121 of men H120 to be exercised H6031 in it. [11] He hath made H6213 every thing beautiful H3303 in his time: H6256 also H1571 he hath set H5414 H853 the world H5769 in their heart, H3820 so that H1097 no man H120 can find out H4672 H853 the work H4639 that God H430 maketh H6213 from the beginning H7218 to the end. H5490 [12] I know H3045 that there is no good H2896 in them, but for a man to rejoice, H8055 and to do H6213 good H2896 in his life. H2416 [13] And also that every man H120 should eat H398 and drink, H8354 and enjoy H7200 the good H2896 of all his labour, H5999 it 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 any thing taken H1639 from H4480 it: and God H430 doeth H6213 it, that men should fear H3372 before H6440 him. [15] That which hath been is now; H3528 and that which is to be hath already H3528 been; and God H430 requireth H1245 H853 that which is past. H7291§ [16] And moreover I saw H7200 under the sun H8121 the place H4725 of judgment, H4941 that wickedness H7562 was there; and the place H4725 of righteousness, H6664 that iniquity H7562 was there. [17] I said H559 in mine heart, H3820 God H430 shall judge H8199 H853 the righteous H6662 and the wicked: H7563 for there is a time H6256 there H8033 for H3588 every H3605 purpose H2656 and for every work. H4639 [18] I said H559 in mine heart H3820 concerning H5921 the estate H1700 of the sons H1121 of men, H120 that God H430 might manifest H1305 them,§ and that they might see H7200 that they H1992 themselves are beasts. H929 [19] For H3588 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 so that a man H120 hath no preeminence H4195 above a beast: H929 for all is vanity. H1892 [20] All H3605 go H1980 unto H413 one H259 place; H4725 all H3605 are of the dust, H6083 and all turn H7725 to dust H6083 again. H7725 [21] Who knoweth H3045 the spirit H7307 of man H1121§ H120 that goeth H5927 upward, H4605§ and the spirit H7307 of the beast H929 that goeth H3381 downward H4295 to the earth? H776 [22] Wherefore I perceive H7200 that there is nothing better, H2896 than that a man H120 should rejoice H8055 in his own works; H4639 for that is his portion: H2506 for H3588 who H834 shall bring H935 him to see H7200 what H4100 shall be after H310 him?

Footnotes

  1. § 3:5 Heb. to be far from
  2. § 3:6 Or, seek
  3. § 3:15 Heb. that which is driven away
  4. § 3:18 Or, that they might clear God, and see, etc.
  5. § 3:21a Heb. of the sons of man
  6. § 3:21b Heb. is ascending
Septuaginta
[1] Τοῖς G3588 πᾶσιν G3956 χρόνος, G5550 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τῷ G3588 παντὶ G3956 πράγματι G4229 ὑπὸ G5259 τὸν G3588 οὐρανόν. G3772 [2] Καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 τεκεῖν G5088 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 ἀποθανεῖν, G599 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 φυτεῦσαι G5452 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 ἐκτῖλαι πεφυτευμένον, G5452 [3] καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 ἀποκτεῖναι G615 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 ἰάσασθαι, G2390 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 καθελεῖν G2507 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 οἰκοδομῆσαι, G3618 [4] καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 κλαῦσαι G2799 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 γελάσαι, G1070 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 κόψασθαι G2875 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 ὀρχήσασθαι, G3738 [5] καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 βαλεῖν G906 λίθους G3037 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 συναγαγεῖν G4863 λίθους, G3037 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 περιλαβεῖν καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 μακρυνθῆναι ἀπὸ G575 περιλήμψεως, [6] καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 ζητῆσαι G2212 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 ἀπολέσαι, G622 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 φυλάξαι G5442 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 ἐκβαλεῖν, G1544 [7] καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 ῥῆξαι G4486 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 ῥάψαι, καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 σιγᾶν G4601 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 λαλεῖν, G2980 [8] καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 φιλῆσαι G5368 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 τοῦ G3588 μισῆσαι, G3404 καιρὸς G2540 πολέμου G4171 καὶ G2532 καιρὸς G2540 εἰρήνης. G1515 [9] Τίς G5101 περισσεία G4050 τοῦ G3588 ποιοῦντος G4160 ἐν G1722 οἷς G3739 αὐτὸς G846 μοχθεῖ; [10] Εἶδον G1492 σὺν G4862 τὸν G3588 περισπασμόν, ὃν G3739 ἔδωκεν G1325 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 τοῖς G3588 υἱοῖς G5207 τοῦ G3588 ἀνθρώπου G444 τοῦ G3588 περισπᾶσθαι G4049 ἐν G1722 αὐτῷ. G846 [11] Σὺν G4862 τὰ G3588 πάντα G3956 ἐποίησεν G4160 καλὰ G2570 ἐν G1722 καιρῷ G2540 αὐτοῦ G846 καί G2532 γε G1065 σὺν G4862 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα G165 ἔδωκεν G1325 ἐν G1722 καρδίᾳ G2588 αὐτῶν, G846 ὅπως G3704 μὴ G3361 εὕρῃ G2147 ὁ G3588 ἄνθρωπος G444 τὸ G3588 ποίημα, G4161 ὃ G3739 ἐποίησεν G4160 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 ἀπ’ G575 ἀρχῆς G746 καὶ G2532 μέχρι G3360 τέλους. G5056 [12] Ἔγνων G1097 ὅτι G3754 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ἀγαθὸν G18 ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς G846 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 τοῦ G3588 εὐφρανθῆναι G2165 καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 ποιεῖν G4160 ἀγαθὸν G18 ἐν G1722 ζωῇ G2222 αὐτοῦ· G846 [13] καί G2532 γε G1065 πᾶς G3956 ὁ G3588 ἄνθρωπος, G444 ὃς G3739 φάγεται G5315 καὶ G2532 πίεται G4095 καὶ G2532 ἴδῃ G1492 ἀγαθὸν G18 ἐν G1722 παντὶ G3956 μόχθῳ G3449 αὐτοῦ, G846 δόμα G1390 θεοῦ G2316 ἐστιν. G2076 [14] Ἔγνων G1097 ὅτι G3754 πάντα, G3956 ὅσα G3745 ἐποίησεν G4160 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 αὐτὰ G846 ἔσται G2071 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα· G165 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτῷ G846 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 προσθεῖναι, G4369 καὶ G2532 ἀπ’ G575 αὐτοῦ G846 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ἀφελεῖν, G851 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ἐποίησεν, G4160 ἵνα G2443 φοβηθῶσιν G5399 ἀπὸ G575 προσώπου G4383 αὐτοῦ. G846 [15] Τὸ G3588 γενόμενον G1096 ἤδη G2235 ἐστίν, G2076 καὶ G2532 ὅσα G3745 τοῦ G3588 γίνεσθαι, G1096 ἤδη G2235 γέγονεν, G1096 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ζητήσει G2214 τὸν G3588 διωκόμενον. G1377 [16] Καὶ G2532 ἔτι G2089 εἶδον G1492 ὑπὸ G5259 τὸν G3588 ἥλιον G2246 τόπον G5117 τῆς G3588 κρίσεως, G2920 ἐκεῖ G1563 ὁ G3588 ἀσεβής, G765 καὶ G2532 τόπον G5117 τοῦ G3588 δικαίου, G1342 ἐκεῖ G1563 ὁ G3588 ἀσεβής. G765 [17] Εἶπα G2036 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐν G1722 καρδίᾳ G2588 μου G3450 Σὺν G4862 τὸν G3588 δίκαιον G1342 καὶ G2532 σὺν G4862 τὸν G3588 ἀσεβῆ G765 κρινεῖ G2919 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 ὅτι G3754 καιρὸς G2540 τῷ G3588 παντὶ G3956 πράγματι G4229 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 παντὶ G3956 τῷ G3588 ποιήματι. G4161 [18] Ἐκεῖ G1563 εἶπα G2036 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐν G1722 καρδίᾳ G2588 μου G3450 περὶ G4012 λαλιᾶς G2981 υἱῶν G5207 τοῦ G3588 ἀνθρώπου, G444 ὅτι G3754 διακρινεῖ G1252 αὐτοὺς G846 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 δεῖξαι G1166 ὅτι G3754 αὐτοὶ G846 κτήνη G2934 εἰσὶν G1526 καί G2532 γε G1065 αὐτοῖς. G846 [19] Ὅτι G3754 συνάντημα υἱῶν G5207 τοῦ G3588 ἀνθρώπου G444 καὶ G2532 συνάντημα τοῦ G3588 κτήνους, G2934 συνάντημα ἓν G1520 αὐτοῖς· G846 ὡς G5613 ὁ G3588 θάνατος G2288 τούτου, G5127 οὕτως G3779 ὁ G3588 θάνατος G2288 τούτου, G5127 καὶ G2532 πνεῦμα G4151 ἓν G1520 τοῖς G3588 πᾶσιν· G3956 καὶ G2532 τί G5101 ἐπερίσσευσεν G4052 ὁ G3588 ἄνθρωπος G444 παρὰ G3844 τὸ G3588 κτῆνος; G2934 Οὐδέν, G3762 ὅτι G3754 τὰ G3588 πάντα G3956 ματαιότης. G3153 [20] Τὰ G3588 πάντα G3956 πορεύεται G4198 εἰς G1519 τόπον G5117 ἕνα· G1520 τὰ G3588 πάντα G3956 ἐγένετο G1096 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 χοός, G5522 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 πάντα G3956 ἐπιστρέφει G1994 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 χοῦν· G5522 [21] καὶ G2532 τίς G5101 οἶδεν G1492 πνεῦμα G4151 υἱῶν G5207 τοῦ G3588 ἀνθρώπου G444 εἰ G1487 ἀναβαίνει G305 αὐτὸ G846 εἰς G1519 ἄνω, G507 καὶ G2532 πνεῦμα G4151 τοῦ G3588 κτήνους G2934 εἰ G1487 καταβαίνει G2597 αὐτὸ G846 κάτω G2736 εἰς G1519 γῆν; G1093 [22] Καὶ G2532 εἶδον G1492 ὅτι G3754 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ἀγαθὸν G18 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 ὃ G3739 εὐφρανθήσεται G2165 ὁ G3588 ἄνθρωπος G444 ἐν G1722 ποιήμασιν G4161 αὐτοῦ, G846 ὅτι G3754 αὐτὸ G846 μερὶς G3310 αὐτοῦ· G846 ὅτι G3754 τίς G5101 ἄξει G71 αὐτὸν G846 τοῦ G3588 ἰδεῖν G1492 ἐν G1722 ᾧ G3739 ἐὰν G1437 γένηται G1096 μετ’ G3326 αὐτόν; G846
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament