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Ecclesiastes 3 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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A Time for Everything

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There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—

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A time to be born and a time to die;

A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

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A time to kill and a time to heal;

A time to tear down and a time to build up.

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A time to weep and a time to laugh;

A time to mourn and a time to dance.

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A time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones;

A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.

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A time to search and a time to give up as lost;

A time to keep and a time to throw away.

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A time to [fn]tear apart and a time to sew together;

A time to keep silent and a time to speak.

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A time to love and a time to hate;

A time for war and a time for peace.

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What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:10 - I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11 - He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.

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I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good as long as they live;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - and also that every man should eat and drink and see and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:14 - I know that whatever God does, it endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor can anything be taken from it, for God does it so that men will fear and worship Him [with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is God].

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - That which is has already been, and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by [so that history repeats itself].

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Moreover, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked,” for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and for every deed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I said to myself regarding the sons of men, “God is surely testing them in order for them to see that [by themselves, without God] they are [only] animals.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For the [earthly] fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no preeminence or advantage for man [in and of himself] over an animal, for all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knows if the spirit of man ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - So I have seen that there is nothing better than that a man should be happy in his own works and activities, for that is his portion (share). For who will bring him [back] to see what will happen after he is gone?
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AMP Footnotes
This may be a reference to the practice of tearing one’s clothes as a sign of mourning which began early among the Hebrews. Cf Gen 37:29. There are many references to this in the Old Testament. Solomon was no doubt familiar with this practice as his own father engaged in it with his contemporaries. Cf 2 Sam 3:31.
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 — Additional Translations:

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