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King James Bible
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Youngs Literal Translation
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| 3:1 |
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: |
To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: |
| 3:2 |
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; |
A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted. |
| 3:3 |
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; |
A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up. |
| 3:4 |
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; |
A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip. |
| 3:5 |
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; |
A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing. |
| 3:6 |
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; |
A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away. |
| 3:7 |
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; |
A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak. |
| 3:8 |
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. |
A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace. |
| 3:9 |
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? |
What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at? |
| 3:10 |
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. |
I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it. |
| 3:11 |
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. |
The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end. |
| 3:12 |
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. |
I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life, |
| 3:13 |
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. |
yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it `is' a gift of God. |
| 3:14 |
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. |
I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him. |
| 3:15 |
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. |
What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which `is' to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued. |
| 3:16 |
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. |
And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment -- there `is' the wicked; and the place of righteousness -- there `is' the wicked. |
| 3:17 |
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. |
I said in my heart, `The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time `is' to every matter and for every work there.' |
| 3:18 |
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. |
I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves `are' beasts. |
| 3:19 |
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. |
For an event `is to' the sons of man, and an event `is to' the beasts, even one event `is' to them; as the death of this, so `is' the death of that; and one spirit `is' to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole `is' vanity. |
| 3:20 |
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. |
The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust. |
| 3:21 |
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? |
Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth? |
| 3:22 |
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? |
And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it `is' his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him? |
