The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 2:15 (NRSV)

Then I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also; why then have I been so very wise?”
And I said to myself that this also is vanity.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 2:16 (NRSV)

For there is no enduring remembrance of the wise or of fools, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How can the wise die just like fools?

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 2:17 (NRSV)

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 2:18 (NRSV)

I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to those who come after me

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 2:19 (NRSV)

—and who knows whether they will be wise or foolish? Yet they will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 2:20 (NRSV)

So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 2:21 (NRSV)

because sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by another who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 2:22 (NRSV)

What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun?

 

[Deade]

Ecclesiastes 2:23 (NRSV)

For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 2:24 (NRSV)

There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in their toil.
This also, I saw, is from the hand of God;

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 2:25 (NRSV)

for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 2:26 (NRSV)

For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 3:2 (NIV)

a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 3:3 (NIV)

a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 3:4 (NIV)

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 3:5 (NIV)

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them. a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 3:6 (NIV)

a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 3:7 (NIV)

a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Ecclesiastes 3:8 (NIV)

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