My LORD’s BibleEcclesiastes 3
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
לַכֹּל זְמָן וְעֵת לְכָל־חֵפֶץ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם׃ (2114)
See also: Ecclesiastes 3:17, Matthew 16:3, John 7:6, Ecclesiastes 8:5-6, Ecclesiastes 7:14, 2 Kings 5:26, Proverbs 15:23, 2 Chronicles 33:12, Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 1:13, Psalms 31:15, Ecclesiastes 8:6, John 2:4, Daniel 2:21, Mark 4:28, Leviticus 23:37, Exodus 9:5, 1 Corinthians 16:12
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
עֵת לָלֶדֶת וְעֵת לָמוּת עֵת לָטַעַת וְעֵת לַעֲקֹור נָטוּעַ׃ (3882)
See also: Hebrews 9:27, Job 14:5, Matthew 15:13, Jeremiah 18:7-10, Job 7:1, Isaiah 38:1, Luke 1:20, John 16:21, Galatians 4:4, Jeremiah 31:28, Jeremiah 45:4, Acts 7:17, Acts 7:20, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 21:1-2, Genesis 47:29, Numbers 20:24-28, Numbers 27:12-14, Deuteronomy 3:23-26, Deuteronomy 34:5
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
עֵת לַהֲרֹוג וְעֵת לִרְפֹּוא עֵת לִפְרֹוץ וְעֵת לִבְנֹות׃ (3347)
See also: Hosea 6:1-2, 1 Samuel 2:6, Jeremiah 45:4, Jeremiah 31:28, Deuteronomy 32:39, Isaiah 44:26, Isaiah 5:5-6, 1 Samuel 2:25, Isaiah 38:5-20, Jeremiah 33:6, Daniel 9:25-27, Ezekiel 13:14, Numbers 26:6-9, Acts 5:15-16, Zechariah 1:12, Luke 9:54-56
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
עֵת לִבְכֹּות וְעֵת לִשְׂחֹוק עֵת סְפֹוד וְעֵת רְקֹוד׃ (3254)
See also: Psalms 30:11, Psalms 30:5, Romans 12:15, Ecclesiastes 7:14, James 4:9, Psalms 126:1-2, Psalms 126:5-6, John 16:20-22, Exodus 15:20, Luke 1:58, Luke 6:21-25, 2 Corinthians 7:10, 2 Samuel 6:16, Matthew 9:15, Matthew 11:17, Luke 1:13-14, Genesis 21:6, Nehemiah 8:9-12, Proverbs 25:20, Isaiah 22:12-13
5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
עֵת לְהַשְׁלִיךְ אֲבָנִים וְעֵת כְּנֹוס אֲבָנִים עֵת לַחֲבֹוק וְעֵת לִרְחֹק מֵחַבֵּק׃ (3263)
See also: 2 Kings 3:25, Joshua 10:27, Genesis 31:46, Joshua 4:3-9, Joel 2:16, 1 Samuel 21:4-5, 2 Samuel 18:17-18
6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
עֵת לְבַקֵּשׁ וְעֵת לְאַבֵּד עֵת לִשְׁמֹור וְעֵת לְהַשְׁלִיךְ׃ (3332)
See also: Philippians 3:7-8, Luke 9:24-25, Mark 8:35-37, Matthew 16:25-26, 2 Kings 5:26, Psalms 112:9, Ecclesiastes 11:1, Matthew 19:29, Mark 10:28-30, Hebrews 10:34-35, Acts 27:19, Genesis 30:30-43, Genesis 31:18, Exodus 12:35-36, Deuteronomy 8:17-18, 2 Kings 7:15, Isaiah 2:20, Jonah 1:5, Acts 27:38, 2 Kings 8:9
7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
עֵת לִקְרֹועַ וְעֵת לִתְפֹּור עֵת לַחֲשֹׁות וְעֵת לְדַבֵּר׃ (3994)
See also: Amos 5:13, Micah 7:5, Esther 4:13-14, Lamentations 3:28, Proverbs 31:8-9, Acts 4:20, Esther 7:4, Job 32:4-22, Proverbs 24:11-12, Joel 2:13, 1 Samuel 25:24-44, John 8:6, 1 Kings 21:27, 2 Kings 5:7, 2 Kings 6:30, Psalms 39:2, Isaiah 36:21, Luke 19:37-40, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:34
8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
עֵת לֶאֱהֹב וְעֵת לִשְׂנֹא עֵת מִלְחָמָה וְעֵת שָׁלֹום׃ (2810)
See also: Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:28-29, Luke 14:26, 1 Kings 5:4, 2 Chronicles 19:2, Psalms 139:21, Genesis 14:14-17, Joshua 8:1-29, Joshua 11:23, 2 Samuel 10:6-19, Ephesians 3:19, Titus 2:4, Revelation 2:2, 2 Chronicles 20:1-30, 2 Samuel 11:1, Ezekiel 16:8
9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
מַה־יִּתְרֹון הָעֹושֶׂה בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא עָמֵל׃ (1752)
See also: Ecclesiastes 1:3, Proverbs 14:23, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Matthew 16:26
10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
רָאִיתִי אֶת־הָעִנְיָן אֲשֶׁר נָתַן אֱלֹהִים לִבְנֵי הָאָדָם לַעֲנֹות בֹּו׃ (3000)
See also: Ecclesiastes 1:13, Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 8:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8
11He 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.
אֶת־הַכֹּל עָשָׂה יָפֶה בְעִתֹּו גַּם אֶת־הָעֹלָם נָתַן בְּלִבָּם מִבְּלִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִמְצָא הָאָדָם אֶת־הַמַּעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹהִים מֵרֹאשׁ וְעַד־סֹוף׃ (5927)
See also: Romans 1:19-20, Romans 11:33, Job 11:7, Ecclesiastes 8:17, Job 5:9, Mark 7:37, Psalms 104:24, Genesis 1:31, Ecclesiastes 7:29, Deuteronomy 32:4, Matthew 13:22, Romans 1:28, Job 9:10, Job 37:23, Matthew 11:27, Job 37:5, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 7:13, Psalms 111:2, Ecclesiastes 8:6
12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
יָדַעְתִּי כִּי אֵין טֹוב בָּם כִּי אִם־לִשְׂמֹוחַ וְלַעֲשֹׂות טֹוב בְּחַיָּיו׃ (1964)
See also: Ecclesiastes 9:7, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Psalms 37:3, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Galatians 6:10, Ecclesiastes 8:15, 1 Timothy 6:18, Proverbs 21:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:15-16, 1 Timothy 6:8, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Acts 20:35, 1 Corinthians 7:31, Philippians 4:4-9, 1 Timothy 2:2, Ruth 3:7, 1 Chronicles 29:22, Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 11:8
13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
וְגַם כָּל־הָאָדָם שֶׁיֹּאכַל וְשָׁתָה וְרָאָה טֹוב בְּכָל־עֲמָלֹו מַתַּת אֱלֹהִים הִיא׃ (2590)
See also: Ecclesiastes 5:19, Nehemiah 8:10, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Isaiah 65:21-23, Psalms 128:2, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Psalms 34:12, Ecclesiastes 5:18-20, Deuteronomy 28:30-31
14I 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.
יָדַעְתִּי כִּי כָּל־אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה הָאֱלֹהִים הוּא יִהְיֶה לְעֹולָם עָלָיו אֵין לְהֹוסִיף וּמִמֶּנּוּ אֵין לִגְרֹעַ וְהָאֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה שֶׁיִּרְאוּ מִלְּפָנָיו׃ (3848)
See also: Matthew 6:27, James 1:17, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Psalms 33:11, Job 42:2, Job 23:13, Romans 11:36, Acts 5:39, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Psalms 119:160, Proverbs 30:6, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Titus 1:2, Proverbs 21:30, Ecclesiastes 1:15, Psalms 64:9, Psalms 76:10, Psalms 119:90-91, Psalms 119:152, Proverbs 19:21
15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
מַה־שֶּׁהָיָה כְּבָר הוּא וַאֲשֶׁר לִהְיֹות כְּבָר הָיָה וְהָאֱלֹהִים יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־נִרְדָּף׃ (3043)
See also: Ecclesiastes 1:9, Ecclesiastes 6:10
16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
וְעֹוד רָאִיתִי תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ מְקֹום הַמִּשְׁפָּט שָׁמָּה הָרֶשַׁע וּמְקֹום הַצֶּדֶק שָׁמָּה הָרָשַׁע׃ (5011)
See also: Ecclesiastes 4:1, Psalms 94:20, Isaiah 59:14, Ecclesiastes 5:8, 1 Kings 21:9-21, Psalms 58:1-2, Psalms 58:2, Psalms 82:2-5, Psalms 82:5, Psalms 94:21-22, Ecclesiastes 10:5, Acts 23:3, Isaiah 26:10, Micah 2:2, Micah 7:3, Zephaniah 3:3, Zephaniah 3:5, Matthew 26:59, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 7:15
17I 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.
אָמַרְתִּי אֲנִי בְּלִבִּי אֶת־הַצַּדִּיק וְאֶת־הָרָשָׁע יִשְׁפֹּט הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי־עֵת לְכָל־חֵפֶץ וְעַל כָּל־הַמַּעֲשֶׂה שָׁם׃ (4512)
See also: Ecclesiastes 3:1, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Psalms 75:2, Ecclesiastes 8:6, Job 24:1, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Matthew 16:27, Psalms 98:9, Romans 2:5-10, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10, Ezekiel 18:30, Acts 1:7, Romans 2:16, Revelation 20:11-15, Genesis 18:25, Ecclesiastes 2:1, Ecclesiastes 1:16, Jeremiah 29:10-11
18I 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.
אָמַרְתִּי אֲנִי בְּלִבִּי עַל־דִּבְרַת בְּנֵי הָאָדָם לְבָרָם הָאֱלֹהִים וְלִרְאֹות שְׁהֶם־בְּהֵמָה הֵמָּה לָהֶם׃ (3102)
See also: Psalms 73:22, Psalms 49:12, Genesis 3:17-19, Hebrews 9:27, 2 Peter 2:12, Romans 9:23, 1 Peter 1:24, Job 11:12, Job 14:1-4, Job 15:16, Job 40:8, Psalms 49:14, Psalms 49:19-20, Psalms 49:20, Psalms 51:4, Psalms 73:18-19, Psalms 90:5-12, Romans 3:4, Job 18:3
19For 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.
כִּי מִקְרֶה בְנֵי־הָאָדָם וּמִקְרֶה הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִקְרֶה אֶחָד לָהֶם כְּמֹות זֶה כֵּן מֹות זֶה וְרוּחַ אֶחָד לַכֹּל וּמֹותַר הָאָדָם מִן־הַבְּהֵמָה אָיִן כִּי הַכֹּל הָבֶל׃ (3685)
See also: Psalms 49:12, 2 Samuel 14:14, Job 14:12, Psalms 49:20, Job 14:10-12, Psalms 89:48, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Psalms 39:5-6, Psalms 89:47-48, Ecclesiastes 1:2, Ecclesiastes 2:14, Ecclesiastes 2:20-23, Numbers 16:29, Psalms 92:6-7, Psalms 104:29, Ecclesiastes 2:16, Ecclesiastes 6:11
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
הַכֹּל הֹולֵךְ אֶל־מָקֹום אֶחָד הַכֹּל הָיָה מִן־הֶעָפָר וְהַכֹּל שָׁב אֶל־הֶעָפָר׃ (1615)
See also: Ecclesiastes 12:7, Hebrews 9:27, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:19, Job 34:15, Ecclesiastes 6:6, Numbers 27:13, Job 7:9, Job 10:9-10, Psalms 104:29, Ecclesiastes 3:21, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:17, Job 17:13, Psalms 49:14, Daniel 12:2, Job 30:24
21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
מִי יֹודֵעַ רוּחַ בְּנֵי הָאָדָם הָעֹלָה הִיא לְמָעְלָה וְרוּחַ הַבְּהֵמָה הַיֹּרֶדֶת הִיא לְמַטָּה לָאָרֶץ׃ (2084)
See also: Ecclesiastes 12:7, Ecclesiastes 8:8, John 14:3, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Ecclesiastes 3:20, Luke 16:22-23, Philippians 1:23, Psalms 49:19, Acts 1:25, 2 Corinthians 5:8
22Wherefore 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?
וְרָאִיתִי כִּי אֵין טֹוב מֵאֲשֶׁר יִשְׂמַח הָאָדָם בְּמַעֲשָׂיו כִּי־הוּא חֶלְקֹו כִּי מִי יְבִיאֶנּוּ לִרְאֹות בְּמֶה שֶׁיִּהְיֶה אַחֲרָיו׃ (3696)
See also: Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 7:14, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Ecclesiastes 2:10, Ecclesiastes 3:11-12, Ecclesiastes 3:12, Ecclesiastes 8:7, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Ecclesiastes 10:14, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Philippians 4:4-5, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Ecclesiastes 8:15, Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 26:10-11, Deuteronomy 28:47, Job 14:21, Ecclesiastes 9:7-9