1 Svemu ima vreme, i svakom poslu pod nebom ima vreme. 2 Ima vreme kad se rađa, i vreme kad se umire; vreme kad se sadi, i vreme kad se čupa posađeno; 3 Vreme kad se ubija, i vreme kad se isceljuje; vreme kad se razvaljuje, i vreme kad se gradi. 4 Vreme plaču i vreme smehu; vreme ridanju i vreme igranju; 5 Vreme kad se razmeće kamenje, i vreme kad se skuplja kamenje; vreme kad se grli, i vreme kad se ostavlja grljenje; 6 Vreme kad se teče, i vreme kad se gubi; vreme kad se čuva, i vreme kad se baca; 7 Vreme kad se dere, i vreme kad se sašiva; vreme kad se ćuti i vreme kad se govori. 8 Vreme kad se ljubi, i vreme kad se mrzi; vreme ratu i vreme miru. 9 Kakva je korist onome koji radi od onog oko čega se trudi? 10 Video sam poslove koje je Bog dao sinovima ljudskim da se muče oko njih. 11 Sve je učinio da je lepo u svoje vreme, i savet metnuo im je u srce, ali da ne može čovek dokučiti dela koja Bog tvori, ni početka ni kraja. 12 Doznah da nema ništa bolje za njih nego da se vesele i čine dobro za života svog. 13 I kad svaki čovek jede i pije i uživa dobra od svakog truda svog, to je dar Božji. 14 Doznah da šta god tvori Bog ono traje doveka, ne može mu se ništa dodati niti se od toga može šta oduzeti; i Bog tvori da bi Ga se bojali. 15 Šta je bilo to je sada, i šta će biti to je već bilo; jer Bog povraća šta je prošlo. 16 Još videh pod suncem gde je mesto suda bezbožnost i mesto pravde bezbožnost. 17 I rekoh u srcu svom: Bog će suditi pravedniku i bezbožniku; jer ima vreme svemu i svakom poslu. 18 Rekoh u srcu svom za sinove ljudske da im je Bog pokazao da vide da su kao stoka. 19 Jer šta biva sinovima ljudskim to biva i stoci, jednako im biva; kako gine ona tako ginu i oni, i svi imaju isti duh; i čovek ništa nije bolji od stoke, jer je sve taština. 20 Sve ide na jedno mesto; sve je od praha i sve se vraća u prah. 21 Ko zna da duh sinova ljudskih ide gore, a duh stoke da ide dole pod zemlju? 22 Zato videh da ništa nema bolje čoveku nego da se veseli onim što radi, jer mu je to deo; jer ko će ga dovesti da vidi šta će biti posle njega?
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 3:17; Matthew 16:3; Ecclesiastes 8:5–6; Ecclesiastes 7:14; 2 Kings 5:26
- 2 Hebrews 9:27; Job 14:5; Matthew 15:13; Jeremiah 18:7–10; John 16:21
- 3 Hosea 6:1–2; 1 Samuel 2:6; Jeremiah 45:4; Jeremiah 31:28; Deuteronomy 32:39
- 4 Romans 12:15; Psalm 30:5; James 4:9; John 16:20–22; Psalm 126:1–2
- 5 2 Kings 3:25; Joshua 10:27; Joshua 4:3–9; Joel 2:16; 1 Samuel 21:4–5
- 6 Philippians 3:7–8; Luke 9:24–25; Mark 8:35–37; Matthew 16:25–26; Mark 10:28–30
- 7 Micah 7:5; Amos 5:13; Esther 4:13–14; Lamentations 3:28; Acts 4:20
- 8 Ephesians 5:25; Ephesians 5:28–29; Luke 14:26; 1 Kings 5:4; 2 Chronicles 19:2
- 9 Ecclesiastes 1:3; Proverbs 14:23; Ecclesiastes 5:16; Ecclesiastes 2:22–23; Matthew 16:26
- 10 Ecclesiastes 1:13–14; Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 2:26; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8
- 11 Romans 11:33; Romans 1:19–20; Job 11:7; Ecclesiastes 8:17; Job 5:9
- 12 Psalm 37:3; Ecclesiastes 3:22; 1 Timothy 6:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:15–16; Acts 20:35
- 13 Ecclesiastes 9:7; Ecclesiastes 2:24; Isaiah 65:21–23; Psalm 128:2; Ecclesiastes 5:18–20
- 14 James 1:17; Psalm 33:11; Romans 11:36; Acts 5:39; Proverbs 30:6
- 15 Ecclesiastes 1:9–10; Ecclesiastes 6:10
- 16 Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 5:8; 1 Kings 21:9–21; Psalm 58:1–2; Acts 23:3
- 17 2 Corinthians 5:10; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Ecclesiastes 3:1; Matthew 16:27; Psalm 98:9
- 18 Psalm 73:22; Psalm 49:12; Hebrews 9:27; 2 Peter 2:12; Genesis 3:17–19
- 19 Psalm 49:12; Psalm 49:20; Job 14:10–12; Ecclesiastes 2:14; Psalm 89:47–48
- 20 Genesis 3:19; Job 34:15; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Numbers 27:13; Job 10:9–10
- 21 Ecclesiastes 12:7; John 14:3; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Luke 16:22–23; Philippians 1:23
- 22 Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:11–12; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 10:14
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?" or of beast, as in the book of Solomon, "Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?" or of that physical spirit which is called wind, for so the Psalmist calls it: …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And what Solomon spoke of others will suit you also; for he said, in that case, There is a time to bear and a time to die; but to you, in the reverse order, there was a time to die and a time to be born; and one and the same time effected both of these, and your birth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
As of even honey repletion and satiety, though it be of honey, produce vomiting; and, as Solomon says and I think, there is a time for every thing, and that which is good ceases to be good if it be not done in a good way; just as a flower is quite out of season in winter, and just as …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Or perhaps this was the time for silence spoken of by Solomon the wise. For, when life is buffeted by so fierce a storm that all the intelligence of those who are instructed in the word is filled with the deceit of false reasoning and confounded, like an eye filled with dust, when men are stunned by strange and awful …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
And, accordingly, if these last had been still alive at the advent of our Lord, when the time not of casting stones away but of gathering them together had come, they would have immediately made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)