For man also does not know his time. As the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when it falls suddenly upon them.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also he has set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

a 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 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 mourn, and a time to dance,

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

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

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