A time to be born, and a time to die, - A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted;

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

A time to weep, and a time to laugh, - A time to wail, and a time to dance for joy;

A time to cast away stones, and a time to heap up stones, - A time to embrace, and a time to be far from loving embrace;

A time to seek, and a time to give up as lost, - A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and a time to sew, - A time to be silent, and a time to speak;

A time to love and a time to hate, - A time of war, and a time of peace.

For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, - like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.