{"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/ylt/ecclesiastes/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:30:46.683Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Ecclesiastes","bookSlug":"ecclesiastes","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":12,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"To everything — a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A time to slay, 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 skip."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"A time to seek, And a time to destroy. 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 be silent, And a time to speak."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"What is that which hath been?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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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.'"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Ecclesiastes 3 (YLT)","markdown":"[Ecclesiastes 3](https://primebible.com/ylt/ecclesiastes/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/ecclesiastes/3 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}