Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

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

Holman Bible

a time to give birth and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to uproot;

International Standard Version

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;

A Conservative Version

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

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

Amplified


A time to be born and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

Bible in Basic English

A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up the planting

King James 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;

Lexham Expanded Bible

a time to bear and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to root up [what is] planted;

Modern King James verseion

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pull up what is planted;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There is a time to be born, and a time to die. There is a time to plant, and a time to pluck up the thing, that is planted;

NET Bible

A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;

New Heart English 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;

The Emphasized Bible

A time to be born, and a time to die, - A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted;

Webster

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

World English 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;

Youngs Literal Translation

A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A time
עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296

to be born
ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

and a time
עת 
`eth 
עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296
Usage: 296

to die
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

a time
עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296

to plant
נטע 
Nata` 
Usage: 58

to pluck up
עקר 
`aqar 
Usage: 7

References

Fausets

Hastings

Images Ecclesiastes 3:2

Context Readings

God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities

1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 A time to give birth and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Cross References

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Job 14:5

Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,

Genesis 17:21

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year."

Genesis 21:1-2

The LORDvisited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised.

Genesis 47:29

And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal kindly and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt,

Numbers 20:24-28

"Let Aaron be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the people of Israel, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.

Numbers 27:12-14

The LORD said to Moses, "Go up into this mountain of Abarim and see the land that I have given to the people of Israel.

Deuteronomy 3:23-26

"And I pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying,

Deuteronomy 34:5

So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD,

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.

1 Kings 13:2

And the man cried against the altar by the word of the LORD and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD: 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'"

2 Kings 4:16

And he said, "At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant."

Job 7:1

"Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?

Job 14:14

If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come.

Psalm 52:5

But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 113:9

He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!

Isaiah 5:2-5

He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

Isaiah 38:1

In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover."

Isaiah 38:5

"Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

Isaiah 54:1

"Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:10

See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."

Jeremiah 18:7-10

If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it,

Jeremiah 45:4

Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up--that is, the whole land.

Matthew 13:28-29

He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?'

Matthew 13:41

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers,

Matthew 15:13

He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.

Luke 1:13

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Luke 1:20

And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."

Luke 1:36

And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

John 7:30

So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

John 16:21

When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Acts 7:17

"But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

Acts 7:20

At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God's sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house,

Galatians 4:4

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,

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