Ecclesiastes 3:2

Ecclesiastes chapter 3 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

Context

v.1For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

v.2This passage

v.3a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 1:10

    see, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.

  • Genesis 17:21

    But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

  • Jeremiah 45:4

    Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.

  • 1 Kings 13:2

    And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall they burn upon thee.

  • Galatians 4:4

    but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

  • Isaiah 38:1

    In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.