5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones;a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to gain, 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 of war, and a time of peace.
9 What benefit does the worker have in his toil?
10 I have seen the task that God has given to sons of men to be concerned with.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its appropriate time. He has also put obscurity in their hearts so that no one comes to know the work that God has done from the beginning to the end.