3There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven:H2165H6256H2656H80642a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot;H6256H3205H6256H4191H6256H5193H6256H6131H51933a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build;H6256H2026H6256H7495H6256H6555H6256H11294a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;H6256H1058H6256H7832H6256H5594H6256H75405a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;H6256H7993H68H6256H3664H68H3664H6256H2263H6256H7368H22636a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away;H6256H1245H6256H6H6256H8104H6256H79937a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak;H6256H7167H6256H8609H6256H2814H6256H16968a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.H6256H157H6256H8130H6256H4421H6256H79659What does the worker gain from his struggles?H3504H6213H834H600110I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.H7200H6045H430H5414H1121H120H603111He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.H6213H3303H6256H5414H5769H3820H1097H120H4672H4639H430H6213H7218H549012I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.H3045H2896H8055H6213H2896H241613It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.H120H398H8354H7200H2896H5999H4991H43014I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him.H3045H430H6213H5769H369H3254H1639H430H6213H3372H644015Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.H3528H3528H430H1245H7291
The Mystery of Injustice and Death
16I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.H7200H8121H4725H4941H7562H4725H6664H756217I said to myself, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work."H559H3820H430H8199H6662H7563H6256H2656H463918I said to myself, "This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals."H559H3820H1700H1121H120H430H1305H7200H1992H92919For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals, for everything is futile.H4745H1121H120H4745H929H259H4745H4194H4194H2088H259H7307H120H4195H929H189220All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.H1980H259H4725H6083H7725H6083H772521Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?H3045H7307H1121H120H5927H4605H7307H929H3381H4295H77622I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities, because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?H7200H2896H120H8055H4639H2506H935H7200H310
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