{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/ecclesiastes/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T22:13:31.526Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Ecclesiastes","bookSlug":"ecclesiastes","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":12,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Ecclesiastes 3 (ASV)","markdown":"[Ecclesiastes 3](https://primebible.com/asv/ecclesiastes/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/ecclesiastes/3 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}