3:7 A time to rip, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.
3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
3:9 What benefit can a worker 1 gain from his toil? 2
3:10 I have observed the burden
that God has given to people 3 to keep them occupied.
3:11 God has made everything fit beautifully 4 in its appropriate time,
but 5 he has also placed ignorance 6 in the human heart 7
so that 8 people 9 cannot discover what God has ordained, 10
from the beginning to the end 11 of their lives. 12
3:12 I have concluded 13 that there is nothing better for people 14
than 15 to be happy and to enjoy
themselves 16 as long as they live,