{"book":"Ecclesiastes","slug":"ecclesiastes","ch":3,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Ecclesiastes","prev":"ecclesiastes/2","next":"ecclesiastes/4","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"To everything there is a season,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a time for every purpose under heaven:"}],"h":"To Everything There Is a Season","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"a time to be born and a time to die,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a time to plant and a time to uproot,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"a time to kill and a time to heal,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a time to break down and a time to build,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"a time to weep and a time to laugh,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a time to mourn and a time to dance,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones {together}, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones {together},"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"a time to search and a time to count as lost,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a time to keep and a time to discard,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"a time to tear and a time to mend,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a time to be silent and a time to speak,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"a time to love and a time to hate,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a time for war and a time for peace."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"What does the worker gain from his toil?","f":[],"h":"God’s Works Remain Forever","style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts [of men], yet [they] cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor — this is the gift of God.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does [it] so that they should fear Him.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.","f":[],"h":"From Dust to Dust","style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"I said in my heart,“ God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"I said to myself,“ As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"For the fates of [both] men [and] beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other — they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.","f":["Or spirit"]},{"v":20,"t":"All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?","f":[]}]}