Ecclesiastes 3:2
A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
Bible in Basic English
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 fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
3A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
Cross References
Genesis 17:21But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.
Genesis 47:29And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;
Numbers 27:12And the Lord said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim so that you may see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 34:5So death came to Moses, the servant of the Lord, there in the land of Moab, as the Lord had said.
1 Kings 13:2And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings on you, and men's bones will be burned on you.
Job 7:1Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?
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 →