English Revised Version

Ecclesiastes 3:13-18 English Revised Version (ERV)

13. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, is the gift of God.

14. I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

15. That which is hath been already; and that which is to be hath already been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

16. And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

17. I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

18. I said in mine heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.