For all things there is a time and a season for every matter under heaven
The Koine Bible
The Scriptures in Greek with direct English translation.
Rahlfs Septuagint
Ecclesiastes 3
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A time to give birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what has been planted
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build up
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance
τοῦ βαλεῖν λίθους καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ συναγαγεῖν λίθους καιρὸς τοῦ περιλαβεῖν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ μακρυνθῆναι ἀπὸ περιλήμψεως
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones, a time to embrace and a time to be far from embracing
a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away
a time to rend and a time to sew, a time to be silent and a time to speak
a time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace
What profit has the one who does in those things in which he himself toils?
I have seen the task that God has given to the sons of man to be occupied in it
τὰ πάντα ἐποίησεν καλὰ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ καί γε σὺν τὸν αἰῶνα ἔδωκεν ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν ὅπως μὴ εὕρῃ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τὸ ποίημα ὃ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεός ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς καὶ μέχρι τέλους
He made all things beautiful in its time, and indeed he has put eternity in their heart, so that man may not find the work that God has made from beginning to end
I knew that there is nothing good in them except to be glad and to do good in his life
And also every man who shall eat and shall drink and see good in all his toil, it is a gift of God.
ὅτι πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεός αὐτὰ ἔσται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν προσθεῖναι καὶ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀφελεῖν καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησεν ἵνα φοβηθῶσιν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ
I knew that all things that God has made, they shall be forever; upon him there is no adding, and from him there is no taking away, and God made it so that they should fear before his face.
What has come to be already is, and whatever is to come to be has already been, and God will seek the pursued one.
And still I saw under the sun the place of judgment, there the ungodly, and the place of the righteous, there the ungodly.
ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου σὺν τὸν δίκαιον καὶ σὺν τὸν ἀσεβῆ κρινεῖ ὁ θεός ὅτι καιρὸς τῷ παντὶ πράγματι καὶ ἐπὶ παντὶ τῷ ποιήματι
I said in my heart: God will judge the righteous and the ungodly, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.
εἶπα ἐγὼ ἐν καρδίᾳ μου περὶ λαλιᾶς υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὅτι διακρινεῖ αὐτοὺς ὁ θεός καὶ τοῦ δεῖξαι ὅτι αὐτοὶ κτήνη εἰσὶν καί γε αὐτοῖς
There I said in my heart concerning the speech of the sons of man that God will judge them, and to show that they themselves are beasts, even to them
συνάντημα υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ συνάντημα τοῦ κτήνους συνάντημα ἓν αὐτοῖς ὡς ὁ θάνατος τούτου οὕτως ὁ θάνατος τούτου καὶ πνεῦμα ἓν τοῖς πᾶσιν καὶ τί ἐπερίσσευσεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος παρὰ τὸ κτῆνος οὐδέν ὅτι τὰ πάντα ματαιότης
For the sons of man and for the beast there is one event; as the death of this one, so the death of that one; and one spirit for all, and what has man more than the beast? Nothing, for all is vanity.
All things go to one place; all things came to be from the dust, and all things return to the dust.
τίς οἶδεν πνεῦμα υἱῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰ ἀναβαίνει αὐτὸ εἰς ἄνω καὶ πνεῦμα τοῦ κτήνους εἰ καταβαίνει αὐτὸ κάτω εἰς γῆν
And who knows the spirit of the sons of man whether it goes up, it up, to above, and the spirit of the beast whether it goes down, it down, to the earth?
εἶδον ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν εἰ μὴ ὃ εὐφρανθήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐν ποιήμασιν αὐτοῦ ὅτι αὐτὸ μερὶς αὐτοῦ ὅτι τίς ἄξει αὐτὸν τοῦ ἰδεῖν ἐν ᾧ ἐὰν γένηται μετ᾿ αὐτόν
And I saw that there is nothing good except that a man should rejoice in his works, because that is his portion; for who will bring him to see what will be after him?