8. a time to love and a time to hate;a time for war and a time for peace.
9. What does the worker gain from his struggles?
10. I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.
11. He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.
12. I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.
13. It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
14. I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him.
15. Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.
16. I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.
17. I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work.”
18. I said to myself, “This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.”