The opening of the catalogue of times. Qoheleth's argument is not consolation but limit: the seasons are fixed and not ours to set, which is why the book reaches no comfortable conclusion.
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TextFor everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 1 Reference Scheme Translation
TranslationThe Holy Bible, American Standard Version 1 TranslatorAmerican Revision Committee 1 Connections
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Source The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line textAmerican Revision Committee
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1. The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line text
American Revision Committee, eBible.org (digital edition), 1901Ecclesiastes 3:1-2View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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