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Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 3 · verses 1–2
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 in context
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Commentary
Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 3:17
- Matthew 16:3
- Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
- Ecclesiastes 7:14
- 2 Kings 5:26
- Proverbs 15:23
- 2 Chronicles 33:12
- Ecclesiastes 2:3
- Hebrews 9:27
- Job 14:5
Key words (Strong's)
- purposechêphetspleasureH2656 →
- seasonzᵉmânan appointed occasionH2165 →
- plantnâṭaʻproperly, to strike inH5193 →
- timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
- bornyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- diemûwthto dieH4191 →
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The scope of these verses is to show, 1. That we live in a world of changes, that the several events of time, and conditions of human life, are vastly different from one another, and yet occur promiscuously, and we are continually passing and repassing between them, as in the revolutions of every day and every year.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10