Contrary things succeed in their seasons, and pass away, 9. whereof man getteth no perfect knowledge, how long soever he liveth, and laboureth to know them: 16. neither will there be equity where it ought to be in this world: 21. but in the next, good and evil shall be separated, and judged according to their deserts.Contrarie thinges succede in their seasons, and passe away, 9. wherof man getteth no perfect knowlege, how long soeuer he liueth, and laboreth to know them: 16. neither wil there be equitie where it ought to be in this world: 21. but in the next, good and euil shal be separated, and iudged according to their desertes.✦
All things have a time, and in their spaces all things pass under heaven.AL thinges haue a time, and in their spaces al thinges passe vnder heauen.✦Omnia tempus habent, et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo.
2A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which was planted.A time to be borne, & a time to dye. A time to plant, & a time to pluck vp that which was planted.✦Tempus nascendi, et tempus moriendi ; tempus plantandi, et tempus evellendi quod plantatum est.
3A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.A time to kil, and a time to heale. A time to destroy, and a time to builde.✦Tempus occidendi, et tempus sanandi ; tempus destruendi, et tempus ædificandi.
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.A time to wepe, & a time to laugh. A time to mourne, and a time to dance.✦Tempus flendi, et tempus ridendi ; tempus plangendi, et tempus saltandi.
5A time to disperse stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embracings.A time to disperse stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be farre from embracings.✦Tempus spargendi lapides, et tempus colligendi, tempus amplexandi, et tempus longe fieri ab amplexibus.
6A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.A time to gette, and a time to lose. A time to kepe, and a time to cast away.✦Tempus acquirendi, et tempus perdendi ; tempus custodiendi, et tempus abjiciendi.
7A time to scindendi: to rend, tear asunder: not to lease, and a time to sew together. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.A time to rent, and a time to sow together. A time to kepe silence, & a time to speake.✦Tempus scindendi, et tempus consuendi ; tempus tacendi, et tempus loquendi.
8A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.A time of loue, and a time of hatred. A time of warre, and a time of peace.✦Tempus dilectionis, et tempus odii ; tempus belli, et tempus pacis.
9What hath man more of his labour?What hath man more of his labour?✦Quid habet amplius homo de labore suo ?
10I have seen the affliction, which God hath given to the children of men, that they may be distendantur: pulled in different directions: not merely inattentive; kept busy, occupied in it.I haue sene the affliction, which God hath geuen to the children of men, that they may be distracted in it.✦Vidi afflictionem quam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut distendantur in ea.
11He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their disputationi: inquiry, debate, discussion, and that man can not find the work, which God hath wrought from the beginning unto the end.He hath made al thinges good in their time, and hath deliuered the world to their disputation, and that man can not finde the worke, which God hath wrought from the beginning vnto the end.✦Cuncta fecit bona in tempore suo, et mundum tradidit disputationi eorum, ut non inveniat homo opus quod operatus est Deus ab initio usque ad finem.
12And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in his life.And I haue knowne that there was no better thing then to reioyce, and to do wel in his life.Et cognovi quod non esset melius nisi lætari, et facere bene in vita sua ;
13For every man, that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.For euerie man, that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.omnis enim homo qui comedit et bibit, et videt bonum de labore suo, hoc donum Dei est.
14I have learned that all the works, which God hath made, persevere for ever: we can not add any thing, nor take away from those things, which God hath made that he may be feared.I haue lerned that al the workes, which God hath made, perseuere for euer: we can not adde anie thing, nor take away from those thinges, which God hath made that he may be feared.✦Didici quod omnia opera quæ fecit Deus perseverent in perpetuum ; non possumus eis quidquam addere, nec auferre, quæ fecit Deus ut timeatur.
15That which hath been made, the same is permanent: the things that shall be, have already been: and God restoreth that which is past.That which hath bene made, the same is permanent: the thinges that shal be, haue already bene: and God restoreth that which is past.✦Quod factum est, ipsum permanet ; quæ futura sunt jam fuerunt, et Deus instaurat quod abiit.
16I saw under the sun in the place of judgement impiety, and in the place of justice iniquity.I saw vnder the sunne in the place of iudgement impietie, and in the place of iustice iniquitie.✦Vidi sub sole in loco judicii impietatem, et in loco justitiæ iniquitatem :
17And I said in my heart: the just and the impious God will judge, and then shall be the time of every thing.And I sayde in my hart: the iust and the impious God wil iudge, and then shal be the time of euerie thing.✦et dixi in corde meo : Justum et impium judicabit Deus, et tempus omnis rei tunc erit.
18I said in my heart of the children of men, that God would probaret: test, try, put to the proof: not to demonstrate them, and shew them to be like beasts.I sayd in my hart of the children of men, that God would proue them, and shew them to be like beastes.✦Dixi in corde meo de filiis hominum, ut probaret eos Deus, et ostenderet similes esse bestiis.
19Therefore there is one death of man, and beasts, and the condition of both equal: as man dieth, so they also die: all things breathe alike, and man hath nothing more than beast: all things are subject to vanity,Therfore there is one death of man, and beastes, and the condition of both equal: as man dieth, so they also dye: al thinges breath alike, and man hath nothing more then beast: al thinges are subiect to vanitie,✦Idcirco unus interitus est hominis et jumentorum, et æqua utriusque conditio. Sicut moritur homo, sic et illa moriuntur. Similiter spirant omnia, et nihil habet homo jumento amplius : cuncta subjacent vanitati,
20and all things pass to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they return together.and al thinges passe to one place: of earth they were made, and into earth they returne together.✦et omnia pergunt ad unum locum. De terra facta sunt, et in terram pariter revertuntur.
21Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of beasts descend downward?Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend vpward, and if the spirite of beastes descend downward?✦Quis novit si spiritus filiorum Adam ascendat sursum, et si spiritus jumentorum descendat deorsum ?
22And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him, to know the things that shall be after him?And I haue found that nothing is better then for a man to reioyce in his worke, and that this is his portion. For who shal bring him, to know the thinges that shal be after him?✦Et deprehendi nihil esse melius quam lætari hominem in opere suo, et hanc esse partem illius. Quis enim eum adducet ut post se futura cognoscat ?
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.