Ecclesiastes 3:2
a time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
In Context
1For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:
3a time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up,
Cross References
Genesis 17:21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis 47:29And the time drew near that Israel must die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put thy hand, I pray thee, under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Bury me not, I pray t
Numbers 27:12And LORD said to Moses, Get thee up onto this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 34:5So Moses the servant of LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of LORD.
1 Kings 13:2And he cried against the altar by the word of LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus says LORD: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name. And upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that b
Job 7:1Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 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; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →