Ecclesiastes 3:2
A time to bring forth, || And a time to die. A time to plant, || And a time to eradicate the planted.
Literal Standard 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
1To everything—a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
3A time to slay, || And a time to heal, || A time to break down, || And a time to build up.
Cross References
Genesis 17:21and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah does bear to you at this appointed time in the next year”;
Genesis 47:29And the days of Israel are near to die, and he calls for his son, for Joseph, and says to him, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes, please put your hand under my thigh, and you have done kindness and truth with me; please do not bury me in Egypt,
Numbers 27:12And YHWH says to Moses, “Go up to this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel;
Deuteronomy 34:5And Moses, servant of the Lord, dies there in the land of Moab, according to the command of YHWH;
1 Kings 13:2and he calls against the altar, by the word of YHWH, and says, “Altar! Altar! Thus said YHWH: Behold, a son is born to the house of David—Josiah [is] his name—and he has sacrificed on you the priests of the high places who are making incense on you, and bones of man are burned on you.”
Job 7:1“Is there not warfare to man on earth? And his days as the days of a hired worker?
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 →