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Ecclesiastes 3 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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A Time for Everything

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 -

There is an appointed H2165 time H2165 for everything H3605. And there is a time H6256 for every H3605 matter H2656 under H8478 heaven H8064

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:2 -

A time H6256 to give H3205 birth H3205 and a time H6256 to die H4191;

A time H6256 to plant H5193 and a time H6256 to uproot H6131 what is planted H5193.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:3 -

A time H6256 to kill H2026 and a time H6256 to heal H7495;

A time H6256 to tear H6555 down H6555 and a time H6256 to build H1129 up H1129.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4 -

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:5 -

A time H6256 to throw H7993 stones H68 and a time H6256 to gather H3664 stones H68;

A time H6256 to embrace H2263 and a time H6256 to shun H7368 embracing H2263.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:6 -

A time H6256 to search H1245 and a time H6256 to give H6 up H6 as H6 lost H6;

A time H6256 to keep H8104 and a time H6256 to throw H7993 away H7993.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:7 -

A time H6256 to tear H7167 apart H7167 and a time H6256 to sew H8609 together H8609;

A time H6256 to be silent H2814 and a time H6256 to speak H1696.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:8 -

A time H6256 to love H157 and a time H6256 to hate H8130;

A time H6256 for war H4421 and a time H6256 for peace H7965.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:9 -

What H4100 benefit H3504 is there for the worker H6213 from that in which H834 he labors H6001?

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:10 - I have seen H7200 the task H6045 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 the sons H1121 of mankind H120 with which to [fn]occupy H6031 themselves.

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Mankind

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11 - He has made H6213 everything H3605 appropriate H3303 in its time H6256. He has also H1571 set H5414 eternity H5769 in their heart H3820, without H1097 H834 H3808 the possibility that mankind H120 will find H4672 out H4672 the work H4639 which H834 God H430 has done H6213 from the beginning H7218 even to the end H5490.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:12 -

I know H3045 that there H369 is H369 nothing H369 better H2896 for them than H3588 H518 to rejoice H8055 and to do H6213 good H2896 in one’s lifetime H2416;

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - moreover H1571, that every H3605 person H120 who H7945 eats H398 and drinks H8354 sees H7200 good H2896 in all H3605 his labor H5999—this is the gift H4991 of God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:14 - I know H3045 that everything H3605 H834 God H430 does H6213 will remain H1961 forever H5769; there H369 is H369 nothing H369 to add H3254 to it and there H369 is H369 nothing H369 to take H1639 from it. And God H430 has so worked H6213, that people will [fn]fear H3372 Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - That which is, is what H4100 has already H3528 been H1961, and that which H834 will be has already H3528 been H1961; and God H430 [fn]seeks H1245 what has passed H7291 by H7291.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:16 -

Furthermore H5750, I have seen H7200 under H8478 the sun H8121 that in H8478 the place H4725 of justice H4941 there H8033 is wickedness H7562 and in the place H4725 of righteousness H6664 there H8033 is wickedness H7562.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said H559 [fn]to myself H3820, “God H430 will judge H8199 the righteous H6662 and the wicked H7563,” for a time H6256 for every H3605 matter H2656 and for every H3605 deed H4639 [fn]is there H8033.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I said H559 [fn]to myself H3820 regarding H5921 H1700 the sons H1121 of mankind H120, “God H430 is testing H1305 them in order for them to see H7200 that they are as animals H929, they to themselves.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For the fate H4745 of the sons H1121 of mankind H120 and the fate H4745 of animals H929 [fn]is the same H259. As one H2088 dies H4194, so H3651 dies H4194 the other H2088; indeed, they all H3605 have the same H259 breath H7307, and there H369 is H369 no H369 advantage H4195 for mankind H120 over H4480 animals H929, for all H3605 is futility H1892.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - All H3605 go H1980 to the same H259 place H4725. All H3605 came H1961 from the dust H6083 and all H3605 return H7725 to the dust H6083.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who H4310 knows H3045 that the spirit H7307 of the sons H1121 of mankind H120 ascends H5927 upward H4605 and the spirit H7307 of the animal H929 descends H3381 downward H4295 to the earth H776?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - I have seen H7200 that nothing H369 is better H2896 than H4480 when a person H120 is H8055 happy H8055 in his activities H4639, for that is his [fn]lot H2506. For who H4310 will bring H935 him to see H7200 what H4100 will occur H1961 after H310 him?
NASB20 Footnotes
Or trouble
Or be in awe before Him
Or finds
Lit in my heart
I.e., exists with God
Lit in my heart
Lit and they have one fate
Or reward
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