Ecclesiastes 3:1

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
KJV
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
WEB
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
ASV
For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:
DARBY
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:
BLB
To everything [there is] a season, and a time for every [thing] desired under the heavens:
ÅB
Alt har sin tid, og en tid er der satt for hvert foretagende under himmelen.
OTB
Det er en tid for alt som skjer, og en tid for hver handling under himmelen:
B1930
Alt har sin tid, og en tid er der satt for hvert foretagende under himmelen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 3:17

    I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

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  • Matthew 16:3

    and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:5–6

    Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:14

    In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.

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  • 2 Kings 5:26

    But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?

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  • Proverbs 15:23

    A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:12

    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:3

    I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

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