English Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 3:5-10 English Standard Version (ESV)

5. a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6. a time to seek, and a time to lose;a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7. a time to tear, and a time to sew;a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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

9. What gain has the worker from his toil?

10. I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.