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New American Standard Bible
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a
King James Version
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Holman Bible
and a time for every activity under heaven:
International Standard Version
There is a season for everything, and a time for every event under heaven:
A Conservative Version
For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:
American Standard Version
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Amplified
There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—
Bible in Basic English
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
Darby Translation
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:
Julia Smith Translation
To all a season, and a time to every inclination under the heavens:
King James 2000
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For everything there [is] an appointed time, a time for every matter under heaven:
Modern King James verseion
To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heavens:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Every thing hath a time; yea, all that is under the heaven, hath his convenient season.
NET Bible
For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:
New Heart English Bible
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
The Emphasized Bible
For, every thing, there is a season, - and a time for every pursuit, under the heavens: -
Webster
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
World English Bible
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Youngs Literal Translation
To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
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God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities
1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a
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Ecclesiastes 3:17
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.
Matthew 16:3
And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.'You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
2 Kings 5:26
But he said to him, "Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants?
2 Chronicles 33:12
And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Proverbs 15:23
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine--my heart still guiding me with wisdom--and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.