| Young's Literal Translation (YLT) |
New International Version (NIV) |
|
1 To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
|
1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
|
|
2 A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
|
2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
|
|
3 A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.
|
3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
|
|
4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
|
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
|
|
5 A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.
|
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
|
|
6 A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.
|
6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
|
|
7 A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.
|
7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
|
|
8 A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.
|
8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
|
|
9 What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
|
9 What does the worker gain from his toil?
|
|
10 I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
|
10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men.
|
|
11 The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.
|
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
|
|
12 I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,
|
12 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.
|
|
13 yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it [is] a gift of God.
|
13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil--this is the gift of God.
|
|
14 I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.
|
14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.
|
|
15 What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which [is] to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued.
|
15 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.
|
|
16 And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment -- there [is] the wicked; and the place of righteousness -- there [is] the wicked.
|
16 And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment--wickedness was there, in the place of justice--wickedness was there.
|
|
17 I said in my heart, `The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time [is] to every matter and for every work there.'
|
17 I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed."
|
|
18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] beasts.
|
18 I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.
|
|
19 For an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity.
|
19 Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless.
|
|
20 The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.
|
20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.
|
|
21 Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?
|
21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?"
|
|
22 And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it [is] his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?
|
22 So I saw 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 happen after him?
|
| Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain. (Young's Literal Translation - The Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
