5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; Compare verse10 commentaries
10 I have seen the travail, which God has given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. Compare verse1 commentary
11 He has made every thing beautiful in his time: also he has set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end. Compare verse4 commentaries
12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. Compare verse1 commentary
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God. Compare verse2 commentaries
14 I know that, whatever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him. Compare verse3 commentaries
15 That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past. Compare verse3 commentaries
16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. Compare verse3 commentaries
17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. Compare verse4 commentaries
18 I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. Compare verse1 commentary
19 For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man has no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. Compare verse7 commentaries
21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth? Compare verse3 commentaries
22 Why I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? Compare verse1 commentary