Ecclesiastes 3:1
King James Version
3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
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A Time for Everything
3 There is a time(A) for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
Ecclesiastes 3:9-11
King James Version
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.
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Ecclesiastes 3:9-11
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9 What do workers gain from their toil?(A) 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.(B) 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time.(C) He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom(D) what God has done from beginning to end.(E)
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or also placed ignorance in the human heart, so that
Ecclesiastes 3:15
King James Version
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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Ecclesiastes 3:15
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Ecclesiastes 3:17
King James Version
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.
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Ecclesiastes 3:17
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17 I said to myself,
Ecclesiastes 3:22
King James Version
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?
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work,(A) because that is their lot.(B) For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?
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