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Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 3
A Time for Everything[a]
1 For everything there is a season,
and a time[b] for every activity under heaven.
2 A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 Our mortality is neither chastisement nor recompense but only the mystery of the human condition. We participate better in God’s creation when we accept each moment as a gift.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 Time: which is appointed by God (see Ps 31:16; Prov 16:1-9).
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Mystery of Time
3 There is an occasion for everything,
and a time for every activity under heaven:(A)
2 a time to give birth and a time to die;(B)
a time to plant and a time to uproot;[a]
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 3:2 Lit uproot what is planted
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
New International Version
A Time for Everything
3 There is a time(A) for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,(B)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
King James Version
3 To every thing 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;
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