Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 | KJV & Biblical Hebrew

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לַכֹּ֖ל זְמָ֑ן וְעֵ֥ת לְכָל חֵ֖פֶץ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

KJVTo every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.

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עֵ֥ת לָלֶ֖דֶת וְעֵ֣ת לָמ֑וּת עֵ֣ת לָטַ֔עַת וְעֵ֖ת לַעֲק֥וֹר נָטֽוּעַ׃

KJVA time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

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עֵ֤ת לַהֲרוֹג֙ וְעֵ֣ת לִרְפּ֔וֹא עֵ֥ת לִפְר֖וֹץ וְעֵ֥ת לִבְנֽוֹת׃

KJVA time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

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עֵ֤ת לִבְכּוֹת֙ וְעֵ֣ת לִשְׂח֔וֹק עֵ֥ת סְפ֖וֹד וְעֵ֥ת רְקֽוֹד׃

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

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

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עֵת֙ לְהַשְׁלִ֣יךְ אֲבָנִ֔ים וְעֵ֖ת כְּנ֣וֹס אֲבָנִ֑ים עֵ֣ת לַחֲב֔וֹק וְעֵ֖ת לִרְחֹ֥ק מֵחַבֵּֽק׃

KJVA time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

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עֵ֤ת לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ וְעֵ֣ת לְאַבֵּ֔ד עֵ֥ת לִשְׁמ֖וֹר וְעֵ֥ת לְהַשְׁלִֽיךְ׃

KJVA time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

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עֵ֤ת לִקְרוֹעַ֙ וְעֵ֣ת לִתְפּ֔וֹר עֵ֥ת לַחֲשׁ֖וֹת וְעֵ֥ת לְדַבֵּֽר׃

KJVA time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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עֵ֤ת לֶֽאֱהֹב֙ וְעֵ֣ת לִשְׂנֹ֔א עֵ֥ת מִלְחָמָ֖ה וְעֵ֥ת שָׁלֽוֹם׃

KJVA time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

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

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מַה יִּתְר֖וֹן הָעוֹשֶׂ֑ה בַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר ה֥וּא עָמֵֽל׃

KJVWhat profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

What gain has the worker from his toil?

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רָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת הָעִנְיָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֛ן אֱלֹהִ֖ים לִבְנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּֽוֹ׃

KJVI have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of man to be exercised in it.

I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

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אֶת הַכֹּ֥ל עָשָׂ֛ה יָפֶ֖ה בְּעִתּ֑וֹ גַּ֤ם אֶת הָעֹלָם֙ נָתַ֣ן בְּלִבָּ֔ם מִבְּלִ֞י אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא יִמְצָא֙ הָאָדָ֔ם אֶת הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֛ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים מֵרֹ֥אשׁ וְעַד סֽוֹף׃

KJVHe hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

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יָדַ֕עְתִּי כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין טוֹב֖ בָּם כִּ֣י אִם לִשְׂמ֔וֹחַ וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת טוֹב֖ בְּחַיָּֽיו׃

KJVI know that there is no good in them, but to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live.

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וְגַ֤ם כָּל הָאָדָם֙ שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֔ה וְרָאָ֥ה טוֹב֖ בְּכָל עֲמָל֑וֹ מַתַּ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽיא׃

KJVAnd also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.

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יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּ֤י כָּל אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים ה֖וּא יִהְיֶ֣ה לְעוֹלָ֑ם עָלָיו֙ אֵ֣ין לְהוֹסִ֔יף וּמִמֶּ֕נּוּ אֵ֥ין לִגְרֹ֖עַ וְהָאֱלֹהִ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ה שֶׁיִּֽרְא֥וּ מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃

KJVI know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.

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מַ֤ה שֶּׁהָיָה֙ כְּבָ֣ר ה֔וּא וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לִהְי֖וֹת כְּבָ֣ר הָיָ֑ה וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יְבַקֵּ֥שׁ אֶת נִרְדָּֽף׃

KJVThat which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.

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וְע֥וֹד רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ מְק֤וֹם הַמִּשְׁפָּט֙ שָׁ֣מָּה הָרֶ֔שַׁע וּמְק֥וֹם הַצֶּ֖דֶק שָׁ֥מָּה הָרָֽשַׁע׃

KJVAnd moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

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אָמַ֤רְתִּי אֲנִי֙ בְּלִבִּ֔י אֶת הַצַּדִּיק֙ וְאֶת הָרָשָׁ֔ע יִשְׁפֹּ֖ט הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֤י עֵת֙ לְכָל חֵ֔פֶץ וְעַ֖ל כָּל הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה שָֽׁם׃

KJVI said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.

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אָמַ֤רְתִּי אֲנִי֙ בְּלִבִּ֔י עַל דִּבְרַ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י הָאָדָ֑ם לְבָרָ֤ם הָאֱלֹהִים֙ וְלִרְא֔וֹת שֶׁהֵם בְּהֵמָ֥ה הֵ֖מָּה לָהֶֽם׃

KJVI said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.

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כִּי֩ מִקְרֶ֨ה בְנֵי הָאָדָ֜ם וּמִקְרֶ֣ה הַבְּהֵמָה֮ וּמִקְרֶ֣ה אֶחָ֣ד לָהֶם֒ כְּמ֨וֹת זֶ֤ה כֵּן מוֹת֙ זֶ֔ה וְר֣וּחַ אֶחָ֔ד לַכֹּ֖ל וּמוֹתַ֣ר הָאָדָ֔ם מִן הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אָ֑יִן כִּ֥י הַכֹּ֖ל הָֽבֶל׃

KJVFor 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; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.

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הַכֹּ֥ל הוֹלֵ֖ךְ אֶל מָק֣וֹם אֶחָ֑ד הַכֹּ֛ל הָיָ֥ה מִן הֶעָפָ֖ר וְהַכֹּ֥ל שָׁ֖ב אֶל הֶעָפָֽר׃

KJVAll go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.

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מִ֣י יוֹדֵ֗עַ ר֤וּחַ בְּנֵי הָאָדָם֙ הָעֹלָ֣ה הִ֔יא לְמַ֖עְלָה וְר֣וּחַ הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה הַיֹּרֶ֥דֶת הִ֖יא לְמַ֥טָּה לָאָֽרֶץ׃

KJVWho knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?

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וְרָאִ֗יתִי כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין טוֹב֙ מֵאֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׂמַח֙ הָאָדָ֔ם בְּמַעֲשָׂ֖יו כִּ֣י ה֣וּא חֶלְק֑וֹ כִּ֣י מִ֥י יְבִיאֶ֛נּוּ לִרְא֖וֹת בְּמֶ֥ה שֶׁיִּֽהְיֶ֖ה אַחֲרָֽיו׃

KJVWherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Ecclesiastes — Chapter 3