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Ecclesiastes 3 Legacy Standard Bible

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ecclesiastes 3 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ecclesiastes/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ecclesiastes/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > Ecclesiastes 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 2">&#9668;</a> Ecclesiastes 3 <a href="../ecclesiastes/4.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 4">&#9658;</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/ecclesiastes/3.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">&#9658;&#9658;&nbsp;</a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">A Time for Everything</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>matter under heaven&#8212; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A time to give birth and a time to die; <p class="indent2">A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A time to kill and a time to heal; <p class="indent2">A time to tear down and a time to build up. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>A time to weep and a time to laugh; <p class="indent2">A time to mourn and a time to dance. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; <p class="indent2">A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A time to search and a time to lose; <p class="indent2">A time to keep and a time to throw away. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; <p class="indent2">A time to be silent and a time to speak. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A time to love and a time to hate; <p class="indent2">A time for war and a time for peace. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What advantage is there to the worker from that in which he labors? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I have seen the endeavor which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. <p class="hdg">God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He has made everything <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I know that <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to do good in one&#8217;s lifetime; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>moreover, that every man who eats and drinks and sees good in all his labor&#8212;it is the gift of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I know that everything God does will be forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it&#8212;God has <i>so</i> worked that men should <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>fear Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, yet God seeks what is pursued. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Furthermore, I have seen under the sun <i>that</i> in the place of justice there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I said in my heart, &#8220;God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,&#8221; for a time for every <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>matter and for every work is there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, &#8220;God is testing them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.&#8221; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same fate for <i>each of</i> them. As one dies so dies the other, and they all have the same breath. So there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>vanity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>All go to the same place. All came from the dust, and all return to the dust. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be glad in his works, for that is his portion. 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