Ecclesiastes 3:2
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; 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 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
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Read in contextJob 14:5
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Read in contextMatthew 15:13
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:7–10
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
Read in contextJohn 16:21
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Read in contextGalatians 4:4
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Read in contextJob 7:1
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Read in contextIsaiah 38:1
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
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