Ecc 3 | NASB1995 | STEP | There is an appointed time for everything . And there is a time for every event under heaven

Ecclesiastes 3

A Time for Everything

1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a ^atime for every ^{▼▼ Lit delight}event under heaven— 2 A time to give birth and a ^ctime to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
3 A ^dtime to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
4 A time to ^eweep and a time to ^flaugh;
A time to mourn and a time to ^gdance.
5 A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
6 A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to ^hbe silent and a time to speak.
8 A time to love and a time to ⁱhate;
A time for war and a time for peace.

9 ^jWhat profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? 10 I have seen the ^ktask which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man

11 He has ^lmade everything ^{▼▼ Lit beautiful}appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, ^{▼▼ Or without which man}yet so that man ^owill not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

12 I know that there is ^pnothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; 13 moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor— it is the ^qgift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should ^{▼▼ Or be in awe before Him
,} ^sfear Him. 15 That ^twhich is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.

16 Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is ^uwickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. 17 I said ^{▼▼ Lit in my heart}to myself, ^w“God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a ^xtime for every ^{▼▼ Or delight}matter and for every deed is there. 18 I said ^{▼▼ Lit in my heart}to myself concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but ^aabeasts.” 19 ^abFor the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts ^{▼▼ Lit and they have one fate}is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is ^{▼▼ Or futility}vanity. 20 All go to the same place. All came from the ^aedust and all return to the dust. 21 Who knows that the ^afbreath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? 22 I have seen that ^agnothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see ^ahwhat will occur after him?