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A Time for Everything

¹ There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a ^(C1)time for every ^(F1)event under heaven--

² A time to give birth and a ^(C1)time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

³ A ^(C1)time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.

⁴ A time to ^(C1)weep and a time to ^(C2)laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to ^(C3)dance.

⁵ A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.

⁶ A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.

⁷ A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to ^(C1)be silent and a time to speak.

⁸ A time to love and a time to ^(C1)hate;
A time for war and a time for peace.

^9 (C1)What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?¹⁰ I have seen the ^(C1)task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man

¹² I know that there is ^(C1)nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one's lifetime;¹³ moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor--it is the ^(C1)gift of God.¹⁴ I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should ^(F1)(C1)fear Him.¹⁵ That ^(C1)which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.

¹⁶ Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is ^(C1)wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.¹⁷ I said ^(F1)to myself, "^(C1)God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a ^(C2)time for every ^(F2)matter and for every deed is there.¹⁸ I said ^(F1)to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but ^(C1)beasts."^19 (C1)For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts ^(F1)is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is ^(F2)vanity.²⁰ All go to the same place. All came from the ^(C1)dust and all return to the dust.²¹ Who knows that the ^(C1)breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?²² I have seen that ^(C1)nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see ^(C2)what will occur after him?