Ecclesiastes 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

A Time for Everything

There is an appointed^H2165 time^H2165 for everything^H3605. And there is a time^H6256 for every^H3605 [fn]matter^H2656 under^H8478 heaven^H8064—

Ecc 3:2

A time^H6256 to give^H3205 birth^H3205 and a time^H6256 to die^H4191;

A time^H6256 to plant^H5193 and a time^H6256 to uproot^H6131 what is planted^H5193.

Ecc 3:3

A time^H6256 to kill^H2026 and a time^H6256 to heal^H7495;

A time^H6256 to tear^H6555 down^H6555 and a time^H6256 to build^H1129 up^H1129.

Ecc 3:4

A time^H6256 to weep^H1058 and a time^H6256 to laugh^H7832;

A time^H6256 to mourn^H5594 and a time^H6256 to dance^H7540.

Ecc 3:5

A time^H6256 to throw^H7993 stones^H68 and a time^H6256 to gather^H3664 stones^H68;

A time^H6256 to embrace^H2263 and a time^H6256 to shun^H7368 embracing^H2263.

Ecc 3:6

A time^H6256 to search^H1245 and a time^H6256 to lose^H6;

A time^H6256 to keep^H8104 and a time^H6256 to throw^H7993 away^H7993.

Ecc 3:7

A time^H6256 to tear^H7167 apart^H7167 and a time^H6256 to sew^H8609 together^H8609;

A time^H6256 to be silent^H2814 and a time^H6256 to speak^H1696.

Ecc 3:8

A time^H6256 to love^H157 and a time^H6256 to hate^H8130;

A time^H6256 for war^H4421 and a time^H6256 for peace^H7965.

Ecc 3:9

What^H4100 advantage^H3504 is there to the worker^H6213 from that in which^H834 he labors^H6001?

Ecc 3:10

Ecc 3:10I have seen the endeavor which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man

Ecc 3:11

Ecc 3:11He has made everything [fn]beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, [fn]yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

Ecc 3:12

I know^H3045 that [fn]there^H369 is^H369 nothing^H369 better^H2896 for them than^H3588^H518 to be glad^H8055 and to do^H6213 good^H2896 in one’s lifetime^H2416;

Ecc 3:13

Ecc 3:13moreover, that every man who eats and drinks and sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

Ecc 3:14

Ecc 3:14I know that everything God does will be forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it—God has so worked that men should [fn]fear Him.

Ecc 3:15

Ecc 3:15That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, yet God seeks what is pursued.

Ecc 3:16

Furthermore^H5750, I have seen^H7200 under^H8478 the sun^H8121 that in^H8478 the place^H4725 of justice^H4941 there^H8033 is wickedness^H7562, and in the place^H4725 of righteousness^H6664 there^H8033 is wickedness^H7562.

Ecc 3:17

Ecc 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every [fn]matter and for every work is there.

Ecc 3:18

Ecc 3:18I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, “God is testing them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.”

Ecc 3:19

Ecc 3:19For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same fate for each of them. As one dies so dies the other, and they all have the same breath. So there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is [fn]vanity.

Ecc 3:20

Ecc 3:20All go to the same place. All came from the dust, and all return to the dust.

Ecc 3:21

Ecc 3:21Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

Ecc 3:22

Ecc 3:22I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be glad in his works, for that is his portion. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?