Ecclesiastes 3:2
1 To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
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,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
- KJV
- A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- WEB
- a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- ASV
- a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- DARBY
- A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- BLB
- A time to give birth and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up the planted,
- ÅB
- Å fødes har sin tid og å dø har sin tid, å plante har sin tid og å rykke opp det som er plantet, har sin tid;
- OTB
- En tid for å bli født og en tid for å dø, en tid for å plante og en tid for å rykke opp det som er plantet,
- B1930
- Å fødes har sin tid og å dø har sin tid, å plante har sin tid og å rykke op det som er plantet, har sin tid;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
Read in contextJob 14:5
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
Read in contextMatthew 15:13
But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:7–10
At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
Read in contextJohn 16:21
A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
Read in contextGalatians 4:4
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Read in contextJob 7:1
“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
Read in contextIsaiah 38:1
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
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