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Ecclesiastes 3:1–10

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A Time for Everything

3For everything there is a season, and la time for every matter under heaven:

2a time to be born, and a time to mdie;

a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

3a time to kill, and a time to heal;

a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4a time to nweep, and a time to laugh;

a time to mourn, and a time to odance;

5a time to pcast away stones, and a time to qgather stones together;

a time to embrace, and a time to rrefrain from embracing;

6a time to seek, and a time to slose;

a time to keep, and a time to tcast away;

7a time to utear, and a time to sew;

a time to vkeep silence, and a time to speak;

8a time to love, and a time to whate;

a time for war, and a time for peace.

The God-Given Task

9What xgain has the worker from his toil? 10I have seen ythe business that zGod has given to the children of man to be busy with.

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Cross references

  1. lver. 17; ch. 8:6
  2. mHeb. 9:27
  3. n[Rom. 12:15]
  4. o[2 Sam. 6:14]; See Ex. 15:20
  5. p[2 Kgs. 3:25]
  6. q[Isa. 5:2]
  7. r[Joel 2:16]
  8. s[Matt. 10:39]
  9. t[Prov. 11:24]
  10. uSee Gen. 37:29
  11. vAmos 5:13
  12. w[Luke 14:26]
  13. xSee ch. 1:3
  14. ySee ch. 1:13
  15. zSee Gen. 3:17–19

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under the heavens:

a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

There is an occasion for everything,

and a time for every activity under heaven:

a time to give birth and a time to die;

a time to plant and a time to uproot;

a time to kill and a time to heal;

a time to tear down and a time to build;

a time to weep and a time to laugh;

a time to mourn and a time to dance;

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

a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;

a time to search and a time to count as lost;

a time to keep and a time to throw away;

a time to tear and a time to sew;

a time to be silent and a time to speak;

a time to love and a time to hate;

a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from his struggles? I have seen the task that God has given the children of Adam to keep them occupied.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

For everything there is a season,

a time for every activity under heaven.

A time to be born and a time to die.

A time to plant and a time to harvest.

A time to kill and a time to heal.

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

A time to cry and a time to laugh.

A time to grieve and a time to dance.

A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.

A time to embrace and a time to turn away.

A time to search and a time to quit searching.

A time to keep and a time to throw away.

A time to tear and a time to mend.

A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

A time to love and a time to hate.

A time for war and a time for peace.

What do people really get for all their hard work? I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For everything there is an appointed time, a time for every matter under heaven:

a time to bear and a time to die;

a time to plant and a time to root up what is planted;

a time to kill and a time to heal;

a time to break down and a time to build up;

a time to weep and a time to laugh;

a time to mourn and a time to dance;

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

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to seek and a time to lose;

a time to keep and a time to throw away;

a time to tear and a time to sew;

a time to be silent and a time to speak;

a time to love and a time to hate;

a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain in his toil?

I have seen the business God gives to humans to preoccupy them.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die;

A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

A time to kill, and a time to heal;

A time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh;

A time to mourn, and a time to dance;

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;

A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to get, and a time to lose;

A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and a time to sew;

A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate;

A time of war, and a time of peace.

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

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