english Bible Presentation Sharing - Ecclesiastes Book, chapter 3, verse 18 in Hcsb Version

Ecclesiastes 3 : 1 (HCSB)

There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3 : 2 (HCSB)

a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot;

Ecclesiastes 3 : 3 (HCSB)

a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build;

Ecclesiastes 3 : 4 (HCSB)

a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;

Ecclesiastes 3 : 5 (HCSB)

a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;

Ecclesiastes 3 : 6 (HCSB)

a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away;

Ecclesiastes 3 : 7 (HCSB)

a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak;

Ecclesiastes 3 : 8 (HCSB)

a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 9 (HCSB)

What does the worker gain from his struggles?

Ecclesiastes 3 : 10 (HCSB)

I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 11 (HCSB)

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 12 (HCSB)

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 13 (HCSB)

It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 14 (HCSB)

I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 15 (HCSB)

Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 16 (HCSB)

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 17 (HCSB)

I said to myself, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work."

Ecclesiastes 3 : 18 (HCSB)

I said to myself, "This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals."

Ecclesiastes 3 : 19 (HCSB)

For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals, for everything is futile.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 20 (HCSB)

All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 21 (HCSB)

Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?

Ecclesiastes 3 : 22 (HCSB)

I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities, because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?