Ecclesiastes 3:2
A time of birth, and a time of death. A time of planting, and a time of harvest.
Free Bible 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
1Everything has its own time—a time for all that happens here:
3A time of killing, and a time of healing. A time of tearing down, and a time of building up.
Cross References
Genesis 17:21But it's with Isaac that I will keep my agreement, the son Sarah will give birth to about this time next year.”
Genesis 47:29When the time came for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If you think well of me, place your hand under my thigh and promise to treat me with trustworthy love and faithfulness. Don't bury me here in Egypt.
Numbers 27:12The Lord told Moses, “Go up into the Abarim mountains so you can see the land that I have given the Israelites.
Deuteronomy 34:5Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the country of Moab, just as the Lord had said.
1 Kings 13:2He shouted out the Lord's condemnation of the altar: “Altar, altar, this is what the Lord says. A son will be born to the house of David. His name will be Josiah, and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn offerings on you, and human bones will be burned on you.”
Job 7:1“Isn't life for human beings like serving a sentence of hard labor? Don't their days pass like those of a hired laborer?
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 →