| 1. Everything has an appointed season, and there is a time for every matter under the heaven. |
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א. |
| 2. A time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot that which is planted. |
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ב. |
| 3. A time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break and a time to build. |
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ג. |
| 4. A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time of wailing and a time of dancing. |
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ד. |
| 5. A time to cast stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. |
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ה. |
| 6. A time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to cast away. |
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ו. |
| 7. A time to rend and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak. |
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ז. |
| 8. A time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace. |
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ח. |
| 9. What profit has the one who works in that which he toils? |
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ט. |
| 10. I have seen the occupation that God gave to the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. |
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י. |
| 11. He has made everything beautiful in its time; also the [wisdom of] the world He put into their hearts, save that man should not find the deed which God did, from beginning to end. |
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יא. |
| 12. I knew that there is nothing better for them but to rejoice and to do good during his lifetime. |
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יב. |
| 13. And also, every man who eats and drinks and enjoys what is good in all his toil, it is a gift of God. |
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יג. |
| 14. I knew that everything that God made, that will be forever; we cannot add to it, nor can we subtract from it; and God made it so that they fear Him. |
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יד. |
| 15. That which was is already [done], and that which is [destined] to be, already was, and God seeks the pursued. |
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טו. |
| 16. And moreover, I saw under the sun, [in] the place of justice, there is wickedness, and [in] the place of righteousness, there is wickedness. |
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טז. |
| 17. I said to myself, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every deed there." |
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יז. |
| 18. I said to myself, [that this is] because of the children of men, so that God should clarify for them, so that they may see that they are [like] beasts to themselves. |
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יח. |
| 19. For there is a happening for the children of men, and there is a happening for the beasts-and they have one happening-like the death of this one is the death of that one, and all have one spirit, and the superiority of man over beast is nought, for all is vanity. |
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יט. |
| 20. All go to one place; all came from the dust, and all return to the dust. |
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כ. |
| 21. Who knows that the spirit of the children of men is that which ascends on high and the spirit of the beast is that which descends below to the earth? |
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כא. |
| 22. And I saw that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his deeds, for that is his portion, for who will bring him to see what will be after him? |
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כב. |
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