Ecclesiastes 3

3To every thing there is a season, and ^aa time to every ^bpurpose under the heaven:

²A time ^†to be born, and a time to ^cdie;

A time to plant, and a time to ^dpluck up that which 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 weep, and a time ^eto laugh;

A time to mourn, and a time to dance;

⁵A time ^fto cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;

A time to embrace, and a time ^g†to refrain from embracing;

⁶A time to ^||get, and a time to lose;

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

⁷A time to ^hrend, and a time to sew;

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

⁸A time to love, and a time to hate;

A time of war, and a time of peace.

^9jWhat profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

¹⁰I have seen the ^ktravail, which ^lGod hath given to the sons of men ^kto be exercised in it. ¹¹He hath made every thing ^mbeautiful ⁿin his time: also he hath ^oset the world in their heart, so that ^pno man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. ¹²I know ^qthat there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and ^rto do good in his life. ¹³And also ^sthat every man should eat and drink, and ^tenjoy the good of all his labour, ^uit is the gift of God. ¹⁴I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: ^xnothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. ^15yThat which hath been is ^znow; and that which is to be hath ^zalready been; and God ^arequireth ^†that which is past.

¹⁶And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that ^bwickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. ¹⁷I said in mine heart, ^aGod shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is ^ca time ^dthere for every purpose and for every work.

¹⁸I said in mine heart ^econcerning the estate of the sons of men, ^||that God might ^fmanifest them, and that they might see ^gthat they themselves are beasts. ¹⁹For ^hthat which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even ⁱone 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. ²⁰All go unto one place; ^kall are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. ²¹Who knoweth ^lthe spirit ^†of man that ^†goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? ²²Wherefore I perceive ^mthat there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for ⁿthat is his portion: for who shall bring him to see ^owhat shall be after him?