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;
Darby Translation
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
1To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:
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 my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year.
Genesis 47:29And the days of Israel approached that he should die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;
Numbers 27:12And Jehovah said to Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land that I have given unto the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 34:5And Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.
1 Kings 13:2And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar! thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burned upon thee.
Job 7:1Hath not man a life of labour 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 →