7. a time to tear and a time to sew; 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 does the worker gain in his toil?
10. I have seen the busyness God gives to humans to preoccupy them.
11. He has made everything suitable in its time. He also has put the past in their hearts, yet no one can grasp what God does from the beginning to the end.
12. So I realized that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy themselves during their lives.
13. And for anyone to eat and drink, that is, to enjoy the fruit of all his toil, this also is a gift of God.
14. I know everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing can be taken from it, for God so acts that humans might stand in awe before him.
15. What is—it already was, and what will be—it already is, for God will do what he has done.
16. I saw something else under the sun: instead of justice there was evil; instead of righteousness there was wickedness.