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<span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, is the gift of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God hath done it, that men should fear before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>That which is hath been already; and that which is to be hath already been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.</p> <p class="hdg">From Dust to Dust</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I said in mine heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to the earth? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ecclesiastes/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ecclesiastes/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/ecclesiastes/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>