Ecclesiastes 3:2
[There is] a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what hath been planted;
Leeser Tanakh
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 every thing there is a season; and a [proper] time is for every pursuit 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 unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis 47:29And when the time of Israel drew near that he was to die, he sent to call his son Joseph, and said unto him, if now I have found grace in thy eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh; and deal with me in kindness and truth; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.
Numbers 27:12And the Lord said unto Moses, Go thou up unto this mount of 'Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 34:5And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the order of the Lord.
1 Kings 13:2And he called out against the altar by the word of the Lord, and he said, O altar, altar, thus hath said the Lord, Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice upon thee the priests of the high-places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
Job 7:1Is there not a limited time of service to a mortal upon the earth? Are not his days also like the days 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 →