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Ecclesiastes 3:2

a time to be born, literally, "to bear," and a time to die, as the Lord has arranged; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted, these seasons being beyond the control of men;

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See also Ecclesiastes 3:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. FURTHER RESULTS OF THE SEARCH CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The times of man under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1)_ 2. When then is the good? (Ecclesiastes 3:12) 3. Concerning judgment and the future ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    From one point of view this section may be entitled _In Praise of Opportunism,_ from another _Human Helplessness._ Every action in which man can engage has its allotted season, but who can be sure tha...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TO BE BORN. to bear. Genesis 17:17; Genesis 17:21; Genesis 18:14; Genesis 21:2. TO DIE....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _A time to be born_ Literally, A TIME TO BEAR. It should be noted that in Hebrew MSS. and printed texts, the list of Times and Seasons appears in two parallel columns, as if forming a kind of rhythmic...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THAT WE WORK UNDER THE RULE OF GOD'S PROVIDENCE Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 1. Man should adjust to live his life within the framework of God's providence. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 TEXT 3:1-8...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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 - rather, as Hebrew, laledeth, to bear. So the Septuagint, The time to bear is...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PRACTICAL IDEAL. ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNIVERSAL SCHEME 1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set himself is not yet solved. He has found that wisdom, culture, pleasure, are al...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TO PLANT.. TO PLUCK UP] i.e. to begin and end a career....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 3 A POEM ABOUT TIME – ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    The list of times and seasons is ranged in Hebrew MSS. and printed books in two parallel columns. A TIME TO DIE. — Job 14:5....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֵ֥ת לָ לֶ֖דֶת וְ עֵ֣ת לָ מ֑וּת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    AND THE CONVICTION THAT IT IS OPPOSED TO THE WILL OF GOD AS EXPRESSED IN THE ORDINANCES OF HIS PROVIDENCE, Ecclesiastes 3:1 This is one help to a wise content with our lot; but he has many more at ou...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE QUEST OBSTRUCTED BY DIVINE ORDINANCES. Ecclesiastes 3:1 The time of birth, for instance, and the time of death, are ordained by a Power over which men have no control; they begin to be, and they...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SECOND SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20 I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom utters her vo...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he has been able to take. He now gives us some of the results of that...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    To everything 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 ki...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;_ Ver. 2. _There is a time to be born, and a time to die_]. We do not hear the wise man say, The...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A time to die_ And as there _is a time to die_, so there is a time to rise again, a set time, when they that lie in the grave shall be remembered. _A time to kill_ When men die a violent death. _A ti...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "A TIME TO GIVE BIRTH, AND. TIME TO DIE;" And everything else happens between these two events. And we might even do all we can to make sure that we don't have any more children, but surprises do happ...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 To expect unchanging happiness in a changing world, must end in disappointment. To bring ourselves to our state in life, is our duty and wisdom in this world. God's whole plan for the government...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A TIME TO DIE; a certain period unknown to man, but fixed by God, in which a man must unavoidably die; of which see JOB 14:5 1 THESSALONIANS 13:1. A TIME TO PLANT; wherein God inclines a man's heart t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ecclesiastes 3:2 time H6256 born H3205 (H8800) time H6256 die H4191 (H8800) time H6256 plant H5193 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THERE IS A TIME FOR EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE (ECCLESIASTES 3:1). Ecclesiastes 3:1 ‘To everything there is a fixed season, and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to d...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 1:12-3 Koheleth now mentions the unusual advantages which he had possessed for enjoying life and making the best of it. His opportunities could not have been greater, he considers, had h...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 3:1 I. Not only has God made everything, but there is a beauty in this arrangement where all is fortuitous to us, but all is fixed by Him. "He hath made everything beautiful in its time,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The mutability of all human affairs and the unchangeableness and unsearchableness of the divine counsels. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: We live in a world of changes. The events of...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ecclesiastes 3:1. _To every thing there is a season._ The seasons of the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9., divides the times into twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the husbandm...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _To everything there is a season._ TIMES AND SEASONS IN THE CHURCH The principle which Solomon asserts, and which is of extreme importance in all matters connected with our practical life in this wor...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _A time to be born, and a time to die._ HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF LIFE (with Ecclesiastes 7:17):--The verse has two parts: “There is a time to be born; and a time to die”: and it seems as if man had as...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 3:1 Poem: A Time for Everything. There is an appropriate occasion for every human event or activity. ⇐

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 3:1. SEASON-TIME.] Season signifies a certain period or term; time denotes a division of time in general. ECCLESIASTES 3:2. A TIME TO PLANT, &C.] Used in O. T. as a met...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 3:1 Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how _Providence arranges even the minutest concerns;...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now we get into the weary, monotony of life. This has been used poetically as something that is very beautiful. "A time to love," and it's been made very beautiful, but in the Hebrew idea, it was mono...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 13:2; 1 Samuel 2:5; 2 Kings 4:16; Acts 7:17; Acts 7:20;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    WHAT IS GOOD IN THIS LIFE Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come now to the second great question in the Book of Ecclesiastes. It is expressed in Chapter s 6 and 12: "Who kno...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To die — And as there is a time to die, so there is a time to rise again, a set time when they that lie in the grave shall be remembered....

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