6. a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to discard;
7. a time to tear apart and a time to mend, a time to be silent 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, then, does the laborer get with his toil?
10. I have seen the task that God has given to the children of men to keep them occupied.
11. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Moreover, He has set eternity in their heart—yet without the possibility that humankind can ever discover the work that God has done from the beginning to the end.
12. I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy themselves in their lifetime.