American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. For everything there is a season[H2165], and a time[H2165] for every purpose[H2656] under heaven[H8064]:

2. a time[H6256] to be born[H3205], and a time[H6256] to die[H4191]; a time[H6256] to plant[H5193], and a time[H6256] to pluck up[H6131] that which is planted[H5193];

3. a time[H6256] to kill[H2026], and a time[H6256] to heal[H7495]; a time[H6256] to break down[H6555], and a time[H6256] to build up[H1129];

4. a time[H6256] to weep[H1058], and a time[H6256] to laugh[H7832]; a time[H6256] to mourn[H5594], and a time[H6256] to dance[H7540];

5. a time[H6256] to cast away[H7993] stones[H68], and a time[H6256] to gather[H3664] stones[H68] together[H3664]; a time[H6256] to embrace[H2263], and a time[H6256] to refrain[H7368] from embracing[H2263];

6. a time[H6256] to seek[H1245], and a time[H6256] to lose[H6]; a time[H6256] to keep[H8104], and a time[H6256] to cast away[H7993];

7. a time[H6256] to rend[H7167], and a time[H6256] to sew[H8609]; a time[H6256] to keep silence[H2814], and a time[H6256] to speak[H1696];

8. a time[H6256] to love[H157], and a time[H6256] to hate[H8130]; a time[H6256] for war[H4421], and a time[H6256] for peace[H7965].

9. What profit[H3504] hath he that worketh[H6213] in that wherein[H834] he laboreth[H6001]?

10. I have seen[H7200] the travail[H6045] which God[H430] hath given[H5414] to the sons[H1121] of men[H120] to be exercised therewith[H6031].

11. He hath made[H6213] everything beautiful[H3303] in its time[H6256]: also he hath set[H5414] eternity[H5769] in their heart[H3820], yet so that[H1097] man[H120] cannot find out[H4672] the work[H4639] that[H1097] God[H430] hath done from the beginning[H7218] even to the end[H5490].

12. I know[H3045] that there is nothing better[H2896] for them[H8055], than to rejoice, and to do[H6213] good[H2896] so long as they live[H2416].

13. And also that every man[H120] should eat[H398] and drink[H8354], and enjoy[H7200] good[H2896] in all his labor[H5999], is the gift[H4991] of God[H430].

14. I know[H3045] that[H430], whatsoever God doeth[H6213], it shall be for ever[H5769]: nothing[H369] can be put[H3254] to it[H1639], nor anything taken from it[H430]; and God hath done[H6213] it[H3372], that men should fear before him[H6440].

15. That which is[H3528] hath been long ago[H3528]; and that which is to be hath long ago been[H430]: and God seeketh[H1245] again that which is passed away[H7291].

16. And moreover I saw[H7200] under the sun[H8121], in the place[H4725] of justice[H4941], that wickedness[H7562] was there[H4725]; and in the place of righteousness[H6664], that wickedness was there[H7562].

17. I said[H559] in my heart[H3820], God[H430] will judge[H8199] the righteous[H6662] and the wicked[H7563]; for there is a time[H6256] there for every purpose[H2656] and for every work[H4639].

18. I said[H559] in my heart[H3820], It is because[H1700] of the sons[H1121] of men[H120], that God[H430] may prove[H1305] them[H7200], and that they may see that they[H1992] themselves are but as beasts[H929].

19. For that which befalleth[H4745] the sons[H1121] of men[H120] befalleth[H4745] beasts[H929]; even one thing[H259] befalleth[H4745] them[H4194]: as the one dieth, so dieth[H4194] the other[H2088]; yea[H259], they have all one breath[H7307]; and man[H120] hath no preeminence[H4195] above the beasts[H929]: for all is vanity[H1892].

20. All go[H1980] unto one[H259] place[H4725]; all are of the dust[H6083], and all turn[H7725] to dust[H6083] again[H7725].

21. Who knoweth[H3045] the spirit[H7307] of man[H1121], whether it goeth[H5927] upward[H4605], and the spirit[H7307] of the beast[H929], whether it goeth[H3381] downward[H4295] to the earth[H776]?

22. Wherefore I saw[H7200] that there is nothing better[H2896], than that a man[H120] should rejoice[H8055] in his works[H4639]; for that is his portion[H2506]: for who shall bring[H935] him back to see[H7200] what shall be after him[H310]?