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Chapter 3
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every
purpose under the heaven: |
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A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up that which is planted; |
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A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break
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 cast away stones, and a time to gather stones
together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from
embracing; |
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A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep,
and a time to cast away; |
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A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence,
and a time to speak; |
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A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war,
and a time of peace. |
9
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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he
laboureth? |
10
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I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the
sons of men to be exercised in it. |
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He 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. |
12
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I know that there is no good in them, but for a man
to rejoice, and to do good in his life. |
13
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And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy
the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. |
14
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I 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. |
15
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That which hath been is now; and that which is to be
hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. |
16
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And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment,
that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness,
that iniquity was there. |
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I 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. |
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I 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. |
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For 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. |
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All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all
turn to dust again. |
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Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and
the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? |
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Wherefore 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? |
