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A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
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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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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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He 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.
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And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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I 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.
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That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.b
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And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
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I 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.
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I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that Godc might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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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; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Herramientas de Estudio para Ecclesiastes 3
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