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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 3
To everything there is a season—Whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever—God
shall judge the righteous and the wicked.
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1 TO every thing there is a aseason, and a
btime to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A atime to be born, and a time to
bdie; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is
planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to alaugh; a time to
bmourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to aget, and a time to lose; a time to keep,
and a time to cast away;
7 A time to arend, and a time to sew; a time to keep
bsilence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to ahate; a time of war,
and a time of peace.
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1a
Prov. 15:23
b
TG
Time
2a
Acts 17:26;
Alma 40:10;
D&C 138:53-56
b
2 Kings 20:1-6;
D&C 42:48
4a
TG
Laughter
b
TG
Mourning
6a
OR seek
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Gen. 44:13
b
TG
Silence
8a
TG
Hate
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9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he
alaboureth?
10 I have seen the atravail, which God hath given to
the sons of men to be bexercised in it.
11 He hath made every thing abeautiful in his
time: also he bhath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out
the cwork that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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9a
Alma 29:15 (14-16)
10a
OR business, work, occupation, task
b
D&C 122:7 (5-7)
11a
TG
Beauty
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HEB hath set the eternal in their
heart without which man cannot
find out the work that God hath
done.
c
Eccl. 8:17
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12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to
rejoice, and to do agood in his life.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of
all his labour, it is the agift of God.
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12a
Ps. 34:14
13a
TG
God, Gifts of
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14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be afor
bever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth
it, that men should cfear before him.
15 That which hath been is anow; and that which is to
be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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14a
TG
Marriage, Celestial
b
2 Ne. 10:18-19
c
Eccl. 5:7;
Heb. 12:28;
Mosiah 4:1
15a
Eccl. 1:9
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16 ¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment,
that awickedness was there; and the place of righteousness,
that iniquity was there.
17 I said in mine heart, God shall ajudge the
righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every
work.
18 I said in mine heart concerning the aestate of the
sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are
bbeasts.
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16a
4 Ne. 1:44
17a
TG
Jesus Christ, Judge;
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Judgment, The Last
18a
OR affairs
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Ps. 73:22
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19 For that which abefalleth the sons of men
befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they
have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is
vanitya.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the adust, and
all turn to dust again.
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19a for all is vanity In this one concept
hath Solomon seemed to have errored. Though it is true that all do come to the same end of this
mortality, which is to experience death, death is not the end thereof. It is neither the 'end'
but a 'means to a greater end' and when Solomon concludes that 'all is vanity' the consideration
of what lies beyond the passing of man is what removes man from the realm of this life being but
a meaningless fruitless exercise in futility. For man learns and experiences and such rises with
him in the next life and in the resurrection. And by a mans works, his life's attainments unto
the principles of intelligence and by the intents of his heart is a man so judged and rewarded.
And thus this life is not 'vain' unto man except he hath made it so. I fear that Solomon's feeling
of loss comes more from his own final wicked state of a darkening mind than from the true
reality of having achieved and even become as God is. (see Eccl. 2:16
Commentary)
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19a
Eccl. 2:16
20a
Gen. 3:19
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21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a
man should rejoice in his own aworks; for that is his portion: for who
shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
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22a
Eccl. 2:10
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