1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: |
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; |
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; |
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; |
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; |
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; |
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; |
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. |
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? |
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. |
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. |
