And he said unto him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - American Standard Version 2015 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
And he said unto him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?
And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth;\par\tab And a word in due season, how good is it!
Prepare thy work without,\par\tab And make it ready for thee in the field;\par\tab And afterwards build thy house.
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.\par
I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding {\i me} with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything {\i that shall be} after him.\par
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.
And in the morning, {\i It will be} foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot {\i discern} the signs of the times.