1 - To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
2 - A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
3 - A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.
4 - A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
5 - A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.
6 - A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.
7 - A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.
8 - A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.
9 - What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
10 - I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
11 - The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.
12 - I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
13 - yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it <FI>is<Fi> a gift of God.
14 - I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.
15 - What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which <FI>is<Fi> to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.
16 - And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment--there <FI>is<Fi> the wicked; and the place of righteousness--there <FI>is<Fi> the wicked.
17 - I said in my heart, `The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time <FI>is<Fi> to every matter and for every work there.'
18 - I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves <FI>are<Fi> beasts.
19 - For an event <FI>is to<Fi> the sons of man, and an event <FI>is to<Fi> the beasts, even one event <FI>is<Fi> to them; as the death of this, so <FI>is<Fi> the death of that; and one spirit <FI>is<Fi> to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole <FI>is<Fi> vanity.
20 - The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.
21 - Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
22 - And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it <FI>is<Fi> his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?
