Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom
Ecclesiastes chapter 3
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For everything there is a , and a for every under the sky:A time and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to what was planted.A time to and a time to heal. A time to and a time to build up.A time to weep and a time to laugh. A time to and a time to .A time to and a time to gather them. A time to and a time to step back from embracing.A time to and a time to . A time to keep and a time to throw away.A time to and a time to . A time to be silent and a time to speak.A time to and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for .What does the worker actually from all their ?I’ve seen the that has placed on human beings to keep them occupied.He has made everything in its time. He has also set in their hearts — yet no one can discover what God has done from beginning to end.I realized that there is nothing better for people than to and while they live.And also, whenever someone eats and drinks and finds in all their toil — that is a from God.I realized that everything God does will . Nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away. God does this so that people will before him.Whatever exists has already been, and whatever will be already is. God what has been .And I saw something else under the sun: in the place meant for , there was . In the place meant for , there was wickedness.I said to myself, “God will both and the wicked, because there is a time for every matter and every action there.”I said to myself about human beings, “God is them so they can see that they are, by themselves, just .”Because what happens to human beings and what happens to animals is the same thing — as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same . Humans have no over animals. Everything is .Everything goes to the . Everything comes from , and everything returns to dust.Who really knows whether the of human beings and the breath of animals sinks down into the earth?So I saw that there is nothing better than for people to find in their , because that is their . After all, who can bring them to see what will happen after them?