Chapter 3

¹ To all things there is a time,

Eccl 3:1

² A time of birth, and a time to die;

Eccl 3:2

³ A time to kill, and a time to heal;

Eccl 3:3

⁴ A time to weep, and a time to laugh;

Eccl 3:4

⁵ A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together;

Eccl 3:5

⁶ A time to seek, and a time to lose;

Eccl 3:6

⁷ A time to rend, and a time to sew;

Eccl 3:7

⁸ A time to love, and a time to hate;

Eccl 3:8

⁹ What advantage [has] he that works in those things wherein he labors?

Eccl 3:9

¹⁰ I have seen all the trouble,

Eccl 3:10

¹¹ All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time:

Eccl 3:11

¹² I know that there is no good in them,

Eccl 3:12

¹³ Also [in the case of] every man who shall eat and drink,

Eccl 3:13

¹⁴ I know that whatsoever things God has done,

Eccl 3:14

¹⁵ That which has been is now;

Eccl 3:15

¹⁶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment,

Eccl 3:16

¹⁷ And I said in my heart,

Eccl 3:17

¹⁸ I said in my heart,

Eccl 3:18

¹⁹ Also to them is the event of the sons of man,

Eccl 3:19

²⁰ All [go] to one place;

Eccl 3:20

²¹ And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man,

Eccl 3:21

²² And I saw that there was no good,

Eccl 3:22