Ecclesiastes
The biblical wisdom book voiced by Qoheleth; its author is not securely identified.
Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes)
Hebrew wisdom · Ecclesiastes
The person behind the ideas
Qoheleth is the teaching voice of Ecclesiastes, a book of biblical wisdom whose author is not securely identified.
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Qoheleth reflects on time, work and the limits of human control. This is a literary teaching voice; its reflections should not be turned into a confidently known individual life story.
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In your own season
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 · KJV
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Ecclesiastes 3:1 · KJV
Ecclesiastes 3:1 in the King James Version. The source verse ends in a colon, introducing the following poem; the displayed sentence uses a closing period. The poem includes joy, grief, birth, death, and other opposing experiences. 'Follow the rhythm of life' and the reflection are contemporary Alrewaq commentary, not part of the biblical text.
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
This Hebrew wisdom book’s poem includes mourning as well as dancing. Its theological account of time is not a claim that every harmful event is deserved.
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