1 GLT For everything{ there is} a season and a time for every matter under the heavens: BSB BSB: To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
2 GLT a time to give birth and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to tear out what was planted, BSB BSB: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 GLT a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build, BSB BSB: a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
4 GLT a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, BSB BSB: a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 GLT a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, BSB BSB: a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 GLT a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to throw away, BSB BSB: a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
7 GLT a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, BSB BSB: a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 GLT a time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace. BSB BSB: a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
9 GLT What{ is the} profit of the one who does in exchange for that which he toils? BSB BSB: What does the worker gain from his toil?
10 GLT I saw the business that God gives to the sons of humanity to be busied with it. BSB BSB: I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
11 GLT He makes everything fitting in his time. Also, he gives the sense of duration in their heart, yet humanity cannot find the work that God has done from beginning to end. BSB BSB: He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
12 GLT I know that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during his life BSB BSB: I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
13 GLT and every person who will eat and drink and see good in all of his toil— it{ is} a gift of God. BSB BSB: and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
14 GLT I know that everything that God does, it will be enduring. To it there is nothing to add, and from it there is nothing to take, and God has acted so that they might fear from before his face. BSB BSB: I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
15 GLT Whatever that is, already it{ was} and that which is to be, already it is. And God will seek what is pursued. BSB BSB: What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
16 GLT And again I saw under the sun{ at} the place of judgment, there{ was} wickedness, and{ at} the place of righteousness, there{ was} wickedness. BSB BSB: Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
17 GLT I said, I in my heart,“The righteous and the wicked God will judge, because a time{ exists} for every matter and on account of every deed there.” BSB BSB: I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
18 GLT I said, I in my heart,“Concerning the sons of humanity, God{ is} to test them that{ they} might see that{ they are} animal{ s}, they themselves.” BSB BSB: I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
19 GLT Because the happening of the sons of humanity and the happening of the animal—{ there is} one happening for them. As the death of this one, so the death of this one. And{ there is} one spirit for them both, but an advantage of humanity over the animal, there is none, for everything{ is} vapor. BSB BSB: For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
20 GLT Both are going to one place. Both are from the dust, and both return to the dust. BSB BSB: All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
21 GLT Who knows{ that} the spirit of the sons of humanity, it{ is} the one going up, upwards, and the spirit of the animal, it{ is} the one going down, downwards to the earth? BSB BSB: Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
22 GLT And I saw that there is nothing better than that humanity will rejoice in his works, for it{ is} his portion. For who will bring him to look at what that will be after him? BSB BSB: I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.