Ecclesiastes 3:1
For every thing there is a fixed period, and an appointed time to every thing under heaven:—
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
In Context
2A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.
Cross References
Proverbs 24:27Arrange thy work without, And prepare it in thy field: Afterwards thou mayst build thy house.
Ecclesiastes 2:3I thought in my heart to strengthen my body with wine, and, while my heart cleaved to wisdom, to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was good for the sons of men, which they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
Ecclesiastes 3:17Then said I in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked.” For there shall be a time for every matter and for every work.
Ecclesiastes 8:5He that keepeth the commandment shall experience no evil; and the heart of the wise man hath regard to time and judgment.
Jeremiah 46:17There they cry, “Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is undone! He hath let pass the appointed time.”
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:1
Solomon having shown the vanity of studies, pleasures, and business, and made it to appear that happiness is not to be found in the schools of the learned, nor in the gardens of Epicurus, nor upon the exchange, he proceeds, in this chapter, further to prove his doctrine, and the inference he had drawn from it, That therefore we should cheerfully content ourselves with, and make use of, what God has given us, by showing, I. The mutability of all human affairs, ver. 1-10 . II. The immutability of the divine counsels… Read the whole commentary →