Ecclesiastes 3:2
A time to bee borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to plucke vp that which is planted.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.
3A time to slay, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, and a time to builde.
Cross References
Genesis 17:21But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season.
Genesis 47:29Now when the time drewe neere that Israel must dye, he called his sonne Ioseph, and sayde vnto him, If I haue nowe founde grace in thy sight, put thine hand nowe vnder my thigh, and deale mercifully and truely with me: burie me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.
Numbers 27:12Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, Go vp into this mount of Abarim, and behold ye lande which I haue giuen vnto the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 34:5So Moses the seruant of the Lord dyed there in the land of Moab, according to the worde of the Lord.
1 Kings 13:2And he cryed against the altar by the comandement of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Beholde, a child shalbe borne vnto the house of Dauid, Iosiah by name, and vpon thee shall he sacrifice the Priestes of the hie places that burne incense vpon thee, and they shall burne mens bones vpon thee.
Job 7:1Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?
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 →