Verse 12
Ecclesiastes 3:12
Darby Translation
12
I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;
Original Language Text
hebrew
יָדַ֕עְתִּי כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין ט֖וֹב בָּ֑/ם כִּ֣י אִם לִ/שְׂמ֔וֹחַ וְ/לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת ט֖וֹב בְּ/חַיָּֽי/ו
English Translation
I knew that there is nothing good for them except to be joyful and to do good in their lives.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 3 Context
1
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:
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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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A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up;
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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 cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to r...
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A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.
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What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?
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I have seen the travail that God (Elohim) hath given to the sons of men to toil in.
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He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that ma...
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I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;
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yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of Go...
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I know that whatever God (Elohim) doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, n...
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That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God (Elohim) bringeth bac...
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And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the pl...
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I said in my heart, God (Elohim) will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there...
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I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God (Elohim) may prove them, and that...
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For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one d...
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All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.
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Who knoweth the spirit of the children of men? Doth it go upwards? and the spirit of the beasts, dot...
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And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that...
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