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Ecclesiastes 3:2

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [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;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [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;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— A time to be born, and a time to die,—A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— A time to bee borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to plucke vp that which is planted.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— A time to be borne, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to pluck vp that which is planted.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
A time 6256
{6256} Prime
עֵת
`eth
{ayth}
From H5703; time, especially (adverbially with preposition) now, when, etc.
to be born, 3205
{3205} Prime
יָלַד
yalad
{yaw-lad'}
A primitive root; to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
and a time 6256
{6256} Prime
עֵת
`eth
{ayth}
From H5703; time, especially (adverbially with preposition) now, when, etc.
to die; 4191
{4191} Prime
מָמוֹת
muwth
{mooth}
A primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively to kill.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
a time 6256
{6256} Prime
עֵת
`eth
{ayth}
From H5703; time, especially (adverbially with preposition) now, when, etc.
to plant, 5193
{5193} Prime
נָטַע
nata`
{naw-tah'}
A primitive root; properly to strike in, that is, fix; specifically to plant (literally or figuratively).
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
and a time 6256
{6256} Prime
עֵת
`eth
{ayth}
From H5703; time, especially (adverbially with preposition) now, when, etc.
to pluck up 6131
{6131} Prime
עָקַר
`aqar
{aw-kar'}
A primitive root; to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically to hamstring; figuratively to exterminate.
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
[that which is] planted; 5193
{5193} Prime
נָטַע
nata`
{naw-tah'}
A primitive root; properly to strike in, that is, fix; specifically to plant (literally or figuratively).
z8803
<8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815)
Count - 1415
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:2

_ _ time to die — (Psalms 31:15; Hebrews 9:27).

_ _ plant — A man can no more reverse the times and order of “planting,” and of “digging up,” and transplanting, than he can alter the times fixed for his “birth” and “death.” To try to “plant” out of season is vanity, however good in season; so to make earthly things the chief end is vanity, however good they be in order and season. Gill takes it, not so well, figuratively (Jeremiah 18:7, Jeremiah 18:9; Amos 9:15; Matthew 15:13).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Ecclesiastes 3:1-10.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ecclesiastes 3:2

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.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
time to be born:
Heb. time to bear,
Genesis 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis 21:1-2 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. ... For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
1 Samuel 2:5 [They that were] full have hired out themselves for bread; and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1 Kings 13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
2 Kings 4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, [thou] man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
Psalms 113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Isaiah 54:1 Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Luke 1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
Luke 1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Luke 1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
John 16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Acts 7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Acts 7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
Galatians 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

and a time:

Genesis 47:29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Numbers 20:24-28 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. ... And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
Numbers 27:12-14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. ... For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that [is] the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
Deuteronomy 3:23-26 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, ... But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
Deuteronomy 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Job 7:1 [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?
Job 14:5 Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Job 14:14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Isaiah 38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
Isaiah 38:5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
John 7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

a time to plant:

Psalms 52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Isaiah 5:2-5 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. ... And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
Jeremiah 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Jeremiah 18:7-10 [At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it]; ... If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Jeremiah 45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, [that] which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
Matthew 13:28-29 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? ... But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Matthew 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
Matthew 15:13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 17:21; 21:1; 47:29. Nu 20:24; 27:12. Dt 3:23; 34:5. 1S 2:5. 1K 13:2. 2K 4:16. Jb 7:1; 14:5, 14. Ps 52:5; 113:9. Is 5:2; 38:1, 5; 54:1. Jr 1:10; 18:7; 45:4. Mt 13:28, 41; 15:13. Lk 1:13, 20, 36. Jn 7:30; 16:21. Ac 7:17, 20. Ga 4:4. He 9:27.

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