| 第1段 | |
| 中文： | 凡事都有定期，天下万务都有定时。 |
| 英文： | To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: |
| 第2段 | |
| 中文： | 生有时，死有时。栽种有时，拔出所栽种的，也有时。 |
| 英文： | A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; |
| 第3段 | |
| 中文： | 杀戮有时，医治有时。拆毁有时，建造有时。 |
| 英文： | A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; |
| 第4段 | |
| 中文： | 哭有时，笑有时。哀恸有时，跳舞有时。 |
| 英文： | A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; |
| 第5段 | |
| 中文： | 抛掷石头有时，堆聚石头有时。怀抱有时，不怀抱有时。 |
| 英文： | A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; |
| 第6段 | |
| 中文： | 寻梢有时，失落有时。保守有时，舍弃有时。 |
| 英文： | A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; |
| 第7段 | |
| 中文： | 撕裂有时，缝补有时。静默有时，言语有时。 |
| 英文： | A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; |
| 第8段 | |
| 中文： | 喜爱有时，恨恶有时。争战有时，和好有时。 |
| 英文： | A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. |
| 第9段 | |
| 中文： | 这样看来，作事的人在他的劳碌上有什么益处呢。 |
| 英文： | What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? |
| 第10段 | |
| 中文： | 我见神叫世人劳苦，使他们在其中受经练。 |
| 英文： | I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. |
| 第11段 | |
| 中文： | 神造万物，各按其时成为美好。又将永生安置在世人心里。（永生原文作永远）然而神从始至终的作为，人不能叁透。 |
| 英文： | He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. |
| 第12段 | |
| 中文： | 我知道世人，莫强如终身喜乐行善。 |
| 英文： | I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. |
| 第13段 | |
| 中文： | 并且人人吃喝，在他一切劳碌中享福。这也是神的恩赐。 |
| 英文： | And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. |
| 第14段 | |
| 中文： | 我知道神一切所作的，都必永存，无所增添，无所减少。神这样行，是要人在他面前存敬畏的心。 |
| 英文： | I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. |
| 第15段 | |
| 中文： | 现今的事早先就有了。经来的事早已也有了。并且神使已过的事重新再来。（或作并且神再寻回已过的事） |
| 英文： | That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. |
| 第16段 | |
| 中文： | 我又见日光之下，在审判之处有奸恶。在公义之处也有奸恶。 |
| 英文： | And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. |
| 第17段 | |
| 中文： | 我心里说，神必审判义人和恶人。因为在那里，各样事务，一切工作，都有定时。 |
| 英文： | I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. |
| 第18段 | |
| 中文： | 我心里说，这乃为世人的缘故，是神要试验他们，使他们觉得自己不过像兽一样。 |
| 英文： | I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. |
| 第19段 | |
| 中文： | 因为世人遭遇的，兽也遭遇。所遭遇的都是一样。这个怎样死，那个也怎样死。气息都是一样。人不能强于兽。都是虚空。 |
| 英文： | For that which befalleth 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 vanity. |
| 第20段 | |
| 中文： | 都归一处。都是出于尘土，也都归于尘土。 |
| 英文： | All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. |
| 第21段 | |
| 中文： | 谁知道人的灵是往上升，兽的魂是下入地呢。 |
| 英文： | Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? |
| 第22段 | |
| 中文： | 故此，我见人，莫强如他经营的事上喜乐。因为这是他的分。他身后的事，谁能使他回来得见呢。 |
| 英文： | Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? |