Verse 4
Ecclesiastes 3:4
Bible in Basic English
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A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
Original Language Text
hebrew
עֵ֤ת לִ/בְכּוֹת֙ וְ/עֵ֣ת לִ/שְׂח֔וֹק עֵ֥ת סְפ֖וֹד וְ/עֵ֥ת רְקֽוֹד
English Translation
A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.
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Chapter 3 Context
1
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
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A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
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A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
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A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
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A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep...
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A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
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A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
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8
A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
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9
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
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10
I saw the work which God (Elohim) has put on the sons of man.
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He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that ma...
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12
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in...
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13
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God (Elohim...
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14
I am certain that whatever God (Elohim) does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothin...
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15
Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God (Elohim) makes search for the thi...
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16
And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of...
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I said in my heart, God (Elohim) will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every...
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I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God (Elohim) may put them to the test...
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Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one s...
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20
All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
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Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beast...
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So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his re...
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