But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All things have their season, and in their times all things pass 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. English Standard Version 2016 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: |
But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants.
And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers.
A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.
Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.
And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein.
And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit.
I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.
And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.
Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.
And in the morning: To day there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?