For everything there is a season,{H2165} and a time{H2165} for every purpose{H2656} under heaven:{H8064}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

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}

What profit{H3504} hath he that worketh{H6213} in that wherein{H834} he laboreth?{H6001}

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.

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}

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}

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}

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.

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.

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.

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}

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}

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}

All go{H1980} unto one{H259} place;{H4725} all are of the dust,{H6083} and all turn{H7725} to dust{H6083} again.{H7725}

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}

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?