A Time for Everything

There is a time(A) for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own[a] hurt.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:9 Or to their

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

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17 I said to myself,

“God will bring into judgment(A)
    both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
    a time to judge every deed.”(B)

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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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For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,(A)
    though a person may be weighed down by misery.

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Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

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    a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,(A)

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A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

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David’s Charge to Solomon(A)

When the time drew near for David to die,(B) he gave a charge to Solomon his son.

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Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

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    a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,

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A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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Such is the generation of those who seek him,
    who seek your face,(A) God of Jacob.[a][b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 24:6 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts face, Jacob
  2. Psalm 24:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10.

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

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And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

But Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

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And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

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Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

“My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.”

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And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

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A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy.

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And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child.

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I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown,(A)

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For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

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15 Then another angel came out of the temple(A) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle(B) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest(C) of the earth is ripe.”

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15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

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