Ecclesiastes 3:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ For every matter there is an appointed time, even a time for every pursuit under the heavens:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven:

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Common English Bible

¹ There’s a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens:

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 Cross References

2 Kings 5:26

But he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? Is it time to accept silver and to accept garments, and olive-trees and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male and female servants?

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in distress, he sought the face of יהוה  his Elohim, and humbled himself greatly before the Elohim of his fathers,

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And how good is a word spoken in its season!

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare your outside work, And make it fit for yourself in the field; Then you shall build your house.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that has been done under the heavens; this evil task Elohim has given to the sons of man, to be humbled by it.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

And I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was evil on me, for all is futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I searched in my heart how to stimulate my body with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, until I could see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart, “Elohim judges the righteous and the wrong, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.”

Ecclesiastes 7:14

Be glad in the day of prosperity, but in the evil day take note that Elohim has also appointed the one as well as the other, so that man should not uncover whatever shall be after him.

Jeremiah 46:17

“There they cried, ‘Pharaoh, sovereign of Mitsrayim, is but a noise. He has let the appointed time pass by!’

Matthew 16:3

and in the morning, ‘Stormy weather today, for the heaven is red and overcast.’ You know how to discern the face of the heaven, but you are unable to discern the signs of the times!