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To every thing there is a season[H2165], and a time[H6256] to every purpose[H2656] under the heaven[H8064]:
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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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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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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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A time[H6256] to cast away[H7993]stones[H68], and a time[H6256] to gather[H3664]stones[H68]together[H3664]; a time[H6256] to embrace[H2263], and a time[H6256] to refrain[H7368] from embracing[H2263];
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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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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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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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What profit[H3504] hath he that worketh[H6213] in that wherein[H834] he laboureth?[H6001]
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I have seen[H7200] the travail[H6045], which God[H430] hath given[H5414] to the sons[H1121] of men[H120] to be exercised[H6031] in it.
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He hath made[H6213] every thing beautiful[H3303] in his time[H6256]: also he hath set[H5414] the world[H5769] in their heart[H3820], so that[H1097] no man[H120] can find out[H4672] the work[H4639]that[H1097]God[H430]maketh[H6213] from the beginning[H7218] to the end[H5490].
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I know[H3045] that there is no good[H2896] in them, but for a man to rejoice[H8055], and to do[H6213]good[H2896] in his life[H2416].
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And also that every man[H120] should eat[H398] and drink[H8354], and enjoy[H7200] the good[H2896] of all his labour[H5999], it is the gift[H4991] of God[H430].
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I know[H3045] that, whatsoever God[H430]doeth[H6213], it shall be for ever[H5769]: nothing[H369] can be put[H3254] to it, nor any thing taken[H1639] from it: and God[H430]doeth[H6213] it, that men should fear[H3372]before[H6440] him.
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That which hath been is now[H3528]; and that which is to be hath already[H3528] been; and God[H430]requireth[H1245] that which is past[H7291].
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And moreover I saw[H7200] under the sun[H8121] the place[H4725] of judgment[H4941], that wickedness[H7562] was there; and the place[H4725] of righteousness[H6664], that iniquity[H7562] was there.
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I said[H559] in mine heart[H3820], God[H430] shall judge[H8199] the righteous[H6662] and the wicked[H7563]: for there is a time[H6256] there for every purpose[H2656] and for every work[H4639].
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I said[H559] in mine heart[H3820] concerning 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[H1992] themselves are beasts[H929].
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For that which befalleth[H4745] the sons[H1121] of men[H120]befalleth[H4745]beasts[H929]; even one[H259]thing[H259]befalleth[H4745] them: as the one[H259]dieth[H4194], so dieth[H4194] the other[H2088]; yea, they have all one[H259]breath[H7307]; so that a man[H120] hath no preeminence[H4195] above a beast[H929]: for all is vanity[H1892].
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All go[H1980] unto one[H259]place[H4725]; all are of the dust[H6083], and all turn[H7725] to dust[H6083]again[H7725].
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Who knoweth[H3045] the spirit[H7307] of man[H1121] that goeth[H5927]upward[H4605], and the spirit[H7307] of the beast[H929] that goeth[H3381]downward[H4295] to the earth?[H776]
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Wherefore I perceive[H7200] that there is nothing better[H2896], than that a man[H120] should rejoice[H8055] in his own works[H4639]; for that is his portion[H2506]: for who shall bring[H935] him to see[H7200] what shall be after[H310] him?