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Ecclesiastes 3:8 (NLT) New Living Translation

1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.
3 A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.
4 A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.
5 A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
6 A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away.
7 A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
8 A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.
9 What do people really get for all their hard work?
10 I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.
11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end.
12 So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.
13 And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.
14 And I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God's purpose is that people should fear him.
15 What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.
16 I also noticed that under the sun there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt!
17 I said to myself, "In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds."
18 I also thought about the human condition-- how God proves to people that they are like animals.
19 For people and animals share the same fate-- both breathe and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!
20 Both go to the same place-- they came from dust and they return to dust.
21 For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth?
22 So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is why we are here! No one will bring us back from death to enjoy life after we die.
1 To every H3605 thing there is a season H2165 , and a time H6256 to every H3605 L-CMS purpose H2656 under H8478 NMS the heaven H8064 D-AMD :
2 A time H6256 NMS to be born H3205 L-VQFC , and a time H6256 to die H4191 L-VQFC ; a time H6256 NMS to plant H5193 , and a time H6256 to pluck up H6131 that which is planted H5193 ;
3 A time H6256 NMS to kill H2026 , and a time H6256 to heal H7495 ; a time H6256 NMS to break down H6555 , and a time H6256 to build up H1129 ;
4 A time H6256 NMS to weep H1058 , and a time H6256 to laugh H7832 ; a time H6256 NMS to mourn H5594 , and a time H6256 to dance H7540 ;
5 A time H6256 NMS to cast away H7993 stones H68 NFP , and a time H6256 to gather stones together H3664 ; a time H6256 NMS to embrace H2263 , and a time H6256 to refrain H7368 from embracing H2263 ;
6 A time H6256 NMS to get H1245 , and a time H6256 to lose H6 ; a time H6256 NMS to keep H8104 , and a time H6256 to cast away H7993 ;
7 A time H6256 NMS to rend H7167 , and a time H6256 to sew H8609 ; a time H6256 NMS to keep silence H2814 , and a time H6256 to speak H1696 ;
8 A time H6256 NMS to love H157 , and a time H6256 to hate H8130 ; a time H6256 NMS of war H4421 NFS , and a time H6256 of peace H7965 .
9 What H4100 IPRO profit H3504 hath he that worketh H6213 in that wherein H834 B-RPRO he H1931 PPRO-3MS laboreth H6001 ?
10 I have seen H7200 VQQ1MS the travail H6045 , which H834 RPRO God H430 EDP hath given H5414 VQQ3MS to the sons H1121 L-CMP of men H120 D-NMS to be exercised H6031 in it .
11 He hath made H6213 VQQ3MS every H3605 thing beautiful H3303 in his time H6256 : also H1571 CONJ he hath set H5414 VQQ3MS the world H5769 in their heart H3820 , so that H834 RPRO no H1097 M-NPAR man H120 D-NMS can find out H4672 VQY3MS the work H4639 that H834 RPRO God H430 D-EDP maketh H6213 VQQ3MS from the beginning H7218 to H5704 W-PREP the end H5490 .
12 I know H3045 VQY1MS that H3588 CONJ there is no H369 NPAR good H2896 AMS in them , but H518 PART for H3588 CONJ a man to rejoice H8055 , and to do H6213 good H2896 AMS in his life H2416 .
13 And also H1571 W-CONJ that every man should eat H7945 and drink H8354 , and enjoy H7200 the good H2896 AMS of all H3605 NMS his labor H5999 , it H1931 is the gift H4991 of God H430 EDP .
14 I know H3045 VQY1MS that H3588 CONJ , whatsoever H3605 NMS God H430 D-EDP doeth H6213 VQY3MS , it H1931 PPRO-3MS shall be H1961 VQY3MS forever H5769 L-NMS : nothing H369 NPAR can be put H3254 to H5921 PREP-3MS it , nor H369 NPAR any thing taken H1639 from H4480 it : and God H430 doeth H6213 VQQ3MS it , that men should fear H7945 before H6440 him .
15 That which hath been H4100 IPRO is now H3528 ; and that H1931 PPRO-3MS which H834 W-RPRO is to be H1961 hath already H3528 been H1961 ; and God H430 requireth H1245 that which is past H7291 .
16 And moreover H5750 W-ADV I saw H7200 VQQ1MS under H8478 NMS the sun H8121 the place H4725 CMS of judgment H4941 , that wickedness H7562 was there H8033 ADV-3FS ; and the place H4725 of righteousness H6664 , that iniquity H7562 was there H8033 ADV-3FS .
17 I H589 PPRO-1MS said H559 in mine heart H3820 , God H430 D-EDP shall judge H8199 the righteous H6662 and the wicked H7563 : for H3588 CONJ there is a time H6256 NMS there H8033 ADV for every H3605 NMS purpose H2656 and for H5921 W-PREP every H3605 NMS work H4639 .
18 I H589 PPRO-1MS said H559 in mine heart H3820 concerning H5921 PREP the estate H1700 of the sons H1121 of men H120 D-NMS , that God H430 D-EDP might manifest H1305 them , and that they H1992 might see H7200 that they H7945 themselves are beasts H929 NFS .
19 For H3588 CONJ that which befalleth H4745 the sons H1121 of men H120 D-NMS befalleth H4745 beasts H929 D-NFS ; even one thing H259 MMS befalleth H4745 them : as the one H2088 DPRO dieth H4194 , so H3651 ADV dieth H4194 the other H2088 DPRO ; yea , they have all H3605 one H259 MMS breath H7307 W-GFS ; so that a man H120 D-NMS hath no H369 preeminence H4195 above H4480 PREP a beast H929 D-NFS : for H3588 CONJ all H3605 is vanity H1892 .
20 All H3605 go H1980 VQPMS unto H413 PREP one H259 MMS place H4725 NUM-MS ; all H3605 are H1961 VQQ3MS of H4480 PREP the dust H6083 , and all H3605 turn to dust again H7725 VQQ3MS .
21 Who H4310 IPRO knoweth H3045 VQPMS the spirit H7307 NFS of man H120 D-NMS that H1931 PPRO-3FS goeth H5927 upward H4605 , and the spirit H7307 NFS of the beast H929 D-NFS that H1931 PPRO-3FS goeth H3381 downward H4295 to the earth H776 ?
22 Wherefore I perceive H7200 that H3588 CONJ there is nothing H369 NPAR better H2896 AMS , than that a man H120 D-NMS should rejoice H8055 in his own works H4639 ; for H3588 CONJ that H1931 PPRO-3MS is his portion H2506 : for H3588 CONJ who H4310 IPRO shall bring H935 him to see H7200 L-VQFC what shall be after H310 him ?
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