Ecclesiastes 3:2
There is a time to be born and a time to die, 1 a time to plant and a time to pull up plants, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 everything there is an appointed time, and a season for every purpose under heaven. 1
3a time to kill and a time to heal, 1 a time to tear down and a time to build up. 1
Cross References
Genesis 17:21But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time in the next year.”
Genesis 47:29When the time approached for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh, and show me faithfulness and trustworthiness. Please do not bury me in Egypt.
Numbers 27:12Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up the mountains of Abarim and look at the land that I have given to the people of Israel.
Deuteronomy 34:5So Moses the servant of Yahweh, died there in the land of Moab, as the word of Yahweh promised.
1 Kings 13:2He cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh: “Altar, altar! This is what Yahweh says, 'See, a son named Josiah will be born to the family of David, and on you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who now burn incense on you. On you they will burn human bones.'”
Job 7:1Does not man have hard labor on earth? 1 Are not his days like the days of a hired man? 1
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 →