Parallel Verses
World English Bible
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
New American Standard Bible
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a
King James Version
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Holman Bible
and a time for every activity under heaven:
International Standard Version
There is a season for everything, and a time for every event under heaven:
A Conservative Version
For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:
American Standard Version
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Amplified
There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—
Bible in Basic English
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
Darby Translation
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:
Julia Smith Translation
To all a season, and a time to every inclination under the heavens:
King James 2000
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For everything there [is] an appointed time, a time for every matter under heaven:
Modern King James verseion
To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heavens:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Every thing hath a time; yea, all that is under the heaven, hath his convenient season.
NET Bible
For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:
New Heart English Bible
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
The Emphasized Bible
For, every thing, there is a season, - and a time for every pursuit, under the heavens: -
Webster
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Youngs Literal Translation
To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Prayers for Ecclesiastes 3:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under 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;
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."
Matthew 16:3
In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times!
2 Kings 5:26
He said to him, "Didn't my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?
2 Chronicles 33:12
When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Proverbs 15:23
Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
Ecclesiastes 1:13
I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.