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Ecclesiastes 3

22 verses · King James Version

  1. 1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:1
  2. 2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:2
  3. 3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:3
  4. 4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:4
  5. 5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:5
  6. 6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:6
  7. 7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:7
  8. 8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:8
  9. 9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:9
  10. 10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:10
  11. 11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:11
  12. 12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:12
  13. 13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:13
  14. 14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:14
  15. 15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:15
  16. 16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:16
  17. 17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:17
  18. 18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:18
  19. 19For 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 a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:19
  20. 20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:20
  21. 21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:21
  22. 22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?Compare translations of Ecclesiastes 3:22