Ecclesiastes 3:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,”
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“a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 3:2 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 17:21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
- Genesis 21:1Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
- Genesis 47:29When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
- Numbers 20:24“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
- Numbers 27:12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 3:23At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:
- Deuteronomy 34:5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.
- 1 Samuel 2:5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
- 1 Kings 13:2And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
- 2 Kings 4:16And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
- Job 7:1“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
- Job 14:5Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
- Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
- Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Psalms 113:9He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
- Proverbs 24:27Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
- Isaiah 5:2He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
- Isaiah 28:24Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
- Isaiah 38:1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
- Isaiah 38:5“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
- Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
- Jeremiah 18:7At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.
- Jeremiah 45:4Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.
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