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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1There is a season for everything, and a time for every event under heaven: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted; |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build up; |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5a time to scatter stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6a time to search, and a time to give up searching; a time to keep, and a time to discard; |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7a time to tear, and a time to mend; a time to be silent, and a time to speak; |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9What benefit does the worker gain from what he undertakes? |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10I have observed the burdens placed by God on human beings in order to perfect them. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He made everything appropriate in its time. He also placed eternity within them—yet, no person can fully comprehend what God is doing from beginning to end. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I have concluded that the only worthwhile thing for them is to take pleasure in doing good in life; |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13moreover, every person should eat, drink, and enjoy the benefits of everything that he undertakes, since it is a gift from God. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I have concluded that everything that God undertakes will last for eternity—nothing can be added to it nor taken away from it—and that God acts this way so that people will fear him. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15That which was, now is; and that which will be, already is; and God examines what has already taken place. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I also examined on earth: where the halls of justice were supposed to be, there was lawlessness; and where the righteous were supposed to be, there was lawlessness. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I told myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked, because there is a time set to judge every event and every work." |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"As for human beings," I told myself, "God puts them to the test, that they might see themselves as mere animals." |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19For what happens to people also happens to animals—a single event happens to them: just as someone dies, so does the other. In fact, they all breathe the same way, so that a human being has no superiority over an animal. All of this is pointless. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20All of them go to one place: all of them originate from dust, and all of them return to dust. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Who knows whether the spirit of human beings ascends, and whether the spirit of animals descends to the earth? |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22I concluded that it is worthwhile for people to find joy in their accomplishments, because that is their inheritance, since who can see what will exist after them? |
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