16 e And still under the sun in the judgment place I saw wickedness, and wickedness also in the seat of justice.ġ7 f I said in my heart, both the just and the wicked God will judge, since a time is set for every affair and for every work. Thus has God done that he may be revered.ġ5 * d What now is has already been what is to be, already is: God retrieves what has gone by.

CHAPTER 3 No One Can Determine the Right Time to Actġ * There is an appointed time for everything,Īnd a time for every affair under the heavens.ĢA time to give birth, and a time to die Ī time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.Ī time to tear down, and a time to build.ĥA time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them Ī time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.Ī time to be silent, and a time to speak.ĩ a What profit have workers from their toil?ġ0I have seen the business that God has given to mortals to be busied about.ġ1 b God has made everything appropriate to its time, but has put the timeless * into their hearts so they cannot find out, from beginning to end, the work which God has done.ġ2 c I recognized that there is nothing better than to rejoice and to do well during life.ġ3Moreover, that all can eat and drink and enjoy the good of all their toil-this is a gift of God.ġ4I recognized that whatever God does will endure forever there is no adding to it, or taking from it.

L2phx 3.1.8 interlude