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¹ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: ² A time to be born, and a time to die; {S}{S}{N}³ A time to kill, and a time to heal; {S}{S}{N}⁴ A time to weep, and a time to laugh; {S}{S}{N}⁵ A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; {S}{S}{N}⁶ A time to seek, and a time to lose; {S}{S}{N}⁷ A time to rend, and a time to sew; {S}{S}{N}⁸ A time to love, and a time to hate; {S}{S}{N}⁹ What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?¹⁰ I have seen the task which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

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.¹² I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to get pleasure so long as they live.¹³ But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, 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.¹⁵ That which is hath been long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God seeketh that which is pursued.

¹⁶ And 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: 'The righteous and the wicked God will judge; for there is a time 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.'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.²⁰ All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all return to 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?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?