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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:2
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a time to give birth and a time to die;a time to plant and a time to uproot;
A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
There is a time to be born and a time to die. There is a time to plant and a time to pull up plants.
A time to be born and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to bee borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to plucke vp that which is planted.
A time to give birth and a time to die;A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
There is a time for birth and death, planting and reaping,
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
There is a time to be born and a time to die. There is a time to plant and a time to pull up plants.
A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
He sets the time for birth and the time for death, the time for planting and the time for pulling up,
a time to bear and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to root up what is planted;
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pull up what is planted;
There is a tyme to be borne, and a tyme to dye. There is a tyme to plate, and a tyme to plucke vp the thinge, yt is planted:
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
A time to be born, and a time to die; {S}{S}{N}
A time to be borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to pluck vp that which is planted.
There is a tyme to be borne, and a tyme to dye: there is a tyme to plant, and a tyme to plucke vp the thyng that is planted.
A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted;
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Tyme of birthe, and time of diyng; tyme to plaunte, and tyme to drawe vp that that is plauntid.
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;
A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;
A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.
There is a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pick what is planted.
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to be born, and a time to die, - A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted;
A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
A right time for birth and another for death, A right time to plant and another to reap, A right time to kill and another to heal, A right time to destroy and another to construct, A right time to cry and another to laugh, A right time to lament and another to cheer, A right time to make love and another to abstain, A right time to embrace and another to part, A right time to search and another to count your losses, A right time to hold on and another to let go, A right time to rip out and another to mend, A right time to shut up and another to speak up, A right time to love and another to hate, A right time to wage war and another to make peace.
A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
time to be born: Heb. time to bear, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 21:1, Genesis 21:2, 1 Samuel 2:5, 1 Kings 13:2, 2 Kings 4:16, Psalms 113:9, Isaiah 54:1, Luke 1:13, Luke 1:20, Luke 1:36, John 16:21, Acts 7:17, Acts 7:20, Galatians 4:4
and a time: Genesis 47:29, Numbers 20:24-28, Numbers 27:12-14, Deuteronomy 3:23-26, Deuteronomy 34:5, Job 7:1, Job 14:5, Job 14:14, Isaiah 38:1, Isaiah 38:5, John 7:30, Hebrews 9:27
a time to plant: Psalms 52:5, Isaiah 5:2-5, Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 18:7-10, Jeremiah 45:4, Matthew 13:28, Matthew 13:29, Matthew 13:41, Matthew 15:13
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 26:10 - his day Jeremiah 18:9 - to build Jeremiah 31:28 - so
Cross-References
Their venom is like the poison of a serpent, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A time to be born,.... The Targum is,
"to beget sons and daughters;''
but rather it is to bear them, there being a time in nature fixed for that, called the hour of a woman, Job 14:1;
and a time to die; the time of a man's coming into the world and going out of it, both being fixed by the Lord f: this is true of all men in general, of all men that come into the world, for whom it is appointed that they shall die; and particularly of Christ, whose birth was at the time appointed by the Father, in the fulness of time; and whose death was in due time, nor could his life be taken away before his hour was come, John 7:30; and this holds good of every individual man; his birth is at the time God has fixed it; that any man is born into the world, is of God; no man comes into it at his own pleasure or another's, but at the will of God, and when he pleases, not sooner nor later; and the time of his going out of the world is settled by him, beyond which time he cannot live, and sooner he cannot die, Job 14:5; and though no mention is made of the interval of life between a man's birth and death, yet all events intervening are appointed by God; as the place of his abode; his calling and station of life; all circumstances of prosperity and adversity; all diseases of body, and what lead on to death, and issue in it: the reason why these two are put so close together is, to show the certainty of death; that as sure as a man is born, so sure shall he die; and the frailty and shortness of life, which is but an hand's breadth, passes away like a tale that is told, yea, is as nothing; so that no account is made of it, as if there was no time allotted it, or that it deserved no mention; and also to observe that the seeds of mortality and death are in men as soon as they are born; as soon as they begin to live they begin to die, death is working in them;
a time to plant; a tree, as the Targum, or any herb;
and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted; a tree or herb, as before, when grown to its ripeness, and fit for use; or when grown old, barren, and unfruitful; there are particular seasons for planting plants, and some for one and some for another. This may be applied in a civil sense to planting and plucking up kingdoms and states; see Jeremiah 1:10; as it is by the Jews, particularly to the planting and plucking up of the kingdom of Israel; the people of Israel were a vine brought out of Egypt and planted in the land of Canaan, and afterwards plucked up and carried captive into Babylon; and afterwards planted again, and then again plucked up by the Romans; and will be assuredly planted in their own land again; see Psalms 80:8; It may be illustrated in a spiritual sense by the planting of the Jewish church, sometimes compared to a vineyard; and the plucking it up, abolishing their church state and ordinances; and by planting Gospel churches in the Gentile world, and plucking them up again, as in the seven cities of Asia; or removing the candlestick out of its place; and by planting particular persons in churches, and removing them again: some indeed that are planted in the house of the Lord are planted in Christ, and rooted and grounded in the love of God; are plants which Christ's Father has planted, and will never be rooted up; but there are others who are planted through the external ministry of the word, or are plants only by profession, and these become twice dead, plucked up by the roots; and there are times for these things,
Psalms 92:14.
f "Stat sua cuique dies, breve et irreparabile tempus omnibus est vitae"; Virgil. Aeneid. l. 10.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 3:2. A time to be born, and a time to die - plant —
"As in its mother's womb the embryo lies
A space determined; to full growth arrived,
From its dark prison bursts, and sees the light;
So is the period fix'd when man shall drop
Into the grave. - A time there is to plant,
And sow; another time to pluck and reap.
Even nations have their destined rise and fall:
Awhile they thrive; and for destruction ripe,
When grown, are rooted up like wither'd plants."
