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1. There is a special time for everything. There is a time for everything that happens under heaven.
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1. To every H3605 thing there is a season H2165 , and a time H6256 to every H3605 purpose H2656 under H8478 the heaven H8064 :
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2. There is a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pick what is planted.
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2. A time H6256 to be born H3205 , and a time H6256 to die H4191 ; a time H6256 to plant H5193 , and a time H6256 to pluck up H6131 that which is planted H5193 ;
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3. There is a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up.
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3. A time H6256 to kill H2026 , and a time H6256 to heal H7495 ; a time H6256 to break down H6555 , and a time H6256 to build up H1129 ;
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4. There is a time to cry, and a time to laugh; a time to have sorrow, and a time to dance.
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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 ;
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5. There is a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to kiss, and a time to turn from kissing.
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5. A time H6256 to cast away H7993 stones H68 , and a time H6256 to gather stones together H3664 H68 ; a time H6256 to embrace H2263 , and a time H6256 to refrain H7368 from embracing H4480 H2263 ;
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6. There is a time to try to find, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away.
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6. A time H6256 to get H1245 , and a time H6256 to lose H6 ; a time H6256 to keep H8104 , and a time H6256 to cast away H7993 ;
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7. There is a time to tear apart, and a time to sew together; a time to be quiet, and a time to speak.
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7. A time H6256 to rend H7167 , and a time H6256 to sew H8609 ; a time H6256 to keep silence H2814 , and a time H6256 to speak H1696 ;
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8. There is a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
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8. A time H6256 to love H157 , and a time H6256 to hate H8130 ; a time H6256 of war H4421 , and a time H6256 of peace H7965 .
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9. What does the worker get for his work?
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9. What H4100 profit H3504 hath he that worketh H6213 in that wherein H834 he H1931 laboreth H6001 ?
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10. I have seen the work which God has given the sons of men to do.
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10. I have seen H7200 H853 the travail H6045 , which H834 God H430 hath given H5414 to the sons H1121 of men H120 to be exercised H6031 in it.
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11. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has put thoughts of the forever in man's mind, yet man cannot understand the work God has done from the beginning to the end.
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11. He hath made H6213 H853 every H3605 thing beautiful H3303 in his time H6256 : also H1571 he hath set H5414 H853 the world H5769 in their heart H3820 , so that H834 no H4480 H1097 man H120 can find out H4672 H853 the work H4639 that H834 God H430 maketh H6213 from the beginning H4480 H7218 to H5704 the end H5490 .
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12. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and to do good as long as they live.
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12. I know H3045 that H3588 there is no H369 good H2896 in them, but H518 for H3588 a man to rejoice H8055 , and to do H6213 good H2896 in his life H2416 .
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13. And I know that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his work. It is the gift of God.
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13. And also H1571 that every man should eat H7945 H398 H3605 H120 and drink H8354 , and enjoy H7200 the good H2896 of all H3605 his labor H5999 , it H1931 is the gift H4991 of God H430 .
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14. I know that everything God does will last forever. There is nothing to add to it, and nothing to take from it. God works so that men will honor Him with fear.
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14. I know H3045 that H3588 , whatsoever H3605 H834 God H430 doeth H6213 , it H1931 shall be H1961 forever H5769 : nothing H369 can be put H3254 to H5921 it, nor H369 any thing taken H1639 from H4480 it : and God H430 doeth H6213 it , that men should fear H7945 H3372 before H4480 H6440 him.
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15. That which is, already has been. And that which will be, has already been. For God allows the same things to happen again.
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15. That which hath been H4100 H7945 H1961 is now H3528 ; and that H1931 which H834 is to be H1961 hath already H3528 been H1961 ; and God H430 requireth H1245 H853 that which is past H7291 .
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16. Also I have seen under the sun that in the place of what is right and fair there is sin. And in the place of what is right and good there is wrongdoing.
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16. And moreover H5750 I saw H7200 under H8478 the sun H8121 the place H4725 of judgment H4941 , that wickedness H7562 was there H8033 ; and the place H4725 of righteousness H6664 , that iniquity H7562 was there H8033 .
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17. I said to myself, "God will judge both the man who is right and good, and the sinful man." For there is a time for everything to be done and a time for every work.
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17. I H589 said H559 in mine heart H3820 , God H430 shall judge H8199 H853 the righteous H6662 and the wicked H7563 : for H3588 there is a time H6256 there H8033 for every H3605 purpose H2656 and for H5921 every H3605 work H4639 .
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18. I said to myself about the sons of men, "God is testing them to show them that they are like animals."
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18. I H589 said H559 in mine heart H3820 concerning H5921 the estate H1700 of the sons H1121 of men H120 , that God H430 might manifest H1305 them , and that they H1992 might see H7200 that they H7945 themselves are beasts H929 .
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19. For the same thing is to happen to both the sons of men and animals. As one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and to be a man is no better than to be an animal. Because all is for nothing.
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19. For H3588 that which befalleth H4745 the sons H1121 of men H120 befalleth H4745 beasts H929 ; even one thing H259 befalleth H4745 them : as the one H2088 dieth H4194 , so H3651 dieth H4194 the other H2088 ; yea , they have all H3605 one H259 breath H7307 ; so that a man H120 hath no H369 preeminence H4195 above H4480 a beast H929 : for H3588 all H3605 is vanity H1892 .
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20. All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.
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20. All H3605 go H1980 unto H413 one H259 place H4725 ; all H3605 are H1961 of H4480 the dust H6083 , and all H3605 turn to dust again H7725 H413 H6083 .
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21. Who knows that the spirit of man goes up and the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?
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21. Who H4310 knoweth H3045 the spirit H7307 of man H120 that H1931 goeth H5927 upward H4605 , and the spirit H7307 of the beast H929 that H1931 goeth H3381 downward H4295 to the earth H776 ?
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22. So I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his work, for that is all he can do. Who can bring him to see what will happen after him?
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22. Wherefore I perceive H7200 that H3588 there is nothing H369 better H2896 , than that H4480 H834 a man H120 should rejoice H8055 in his own works H4639 ; for H3588 that H1931 is his portion H2506 : for H3588 who H4310 shall bring H935 him to see H7200 what shall be H4100 H7945 H1961 after H310 him?
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