05 Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes

A time to be born and a time to die,
A time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is 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,
A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together,
A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanities,
All is vanity,
What profit hath a man from all his labor which he doeth under the sun,
One generation passeth away,
And another generation cometh,
but the earth abideth for ever.

A time to get 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 keep silence 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 hath he that worketh in that for which he hath labored,
I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
The sun also ariseth and the sun goeth down,
And hasteneth to his place where he arose,
The wind goeth toward the south and turneth about unto the north,
It whirl ever about continually,
And the wind returneth again according to his circuits,

All things are full of labor,
Man cannot utter it,
The eye is not satisfied by seeing,
Nor the ear with hearing,
The thing that hath been is that which shall be,
And that which is done is that which shall be done,
And there is no new thing under the sun,

Is there anything where of it may be said, see this is new,
It hath been already in olden times which were before us,
There is no remembrance of former things,
Neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come by those that shall come after,

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher,
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,