But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept silver and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven: American Standard Version (1901) For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: Common English Bible There’s a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: Catholic Public Domain Version All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven. |
But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept silver and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?
While he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is!
Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.
I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to humans to be busy with.
So I hated life because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, until I might see what was good for mortals to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter and for every work.”
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, and in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that comes after them.
And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.