Ecclesiastes 3:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted, [Heb. 9:27.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Common English Bible

² a time for giving birth and a time for dying, a time for planting and a time for uprooting what was planted,

Catholic Public Domain Version

² A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted.

Ecclesiastes 3:2 Cross References

Genesis 17:21

“But My covenant I establish with Yitsḥ

Genesis 47:29

And the time for Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried out against the altar by the word of יהוה, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus said יהוה, ‘See, a son is to be born to the house of Dawiḏ

2 Kings 4:16

And he said, “About this time next year you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my master, man of Elohim, do not lie to your female servant!”

Job 14:14

If a man dies, would he live again? All the days of my struggle I wait, till my change comes.

Job 14:5

Since his days are decided, the number of his months is with You, You have appointed his bounds which he does not pass over.

Job 7:1

“Does not man have to struggle on earth? For his days are like the days of a hired man.

Psalm 113:9

Causing the barren woman to dwell in a house, A rejoicing mother of children. Praise Yah!

Psalm 52:5

Let Ě

Proverbs 24:27

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

Isaiah 28:24

Does the ploughman keep ploughing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?

Isaiah 38:1

In those days Ḥ

Isaiah 38:5

“Go and say to Ḥ

Isaiah 54:1

“Sing, O barren one, you who did not bear! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who have not been in labour! For the children of the deserted one are more than the children of the married woman,” said יהוה.

Jeremiah 1:10

“See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the reigns, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Jeremiah 45:4

“Say this to him, ‘Thus said יהוה, “See, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up, that is, the entire land.

Matthew 13:41

“The Son of Aḏ

Matthew 15:13

But He answering, said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted shall be uprooted.

Luke 1:13

But the messenger said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zeḵ

Luke 1:20

“But see, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day this takes place, because you did not believe my words which shall be filled in their appointed time.”

Luke 1:36

“And see, Elisheḇ

John 16:21

“The woman has grief when she is in labour, because her hour has come, but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the affliction, for joy that a man was born into the world.

John 7:30

So they were seeking to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

Acts 7:17

“But as the time of the promise drew near which Elohim had sworn to Aḇ

Acts 7:20

“At that time Mosheh was born, and he was well-pleasing to Elohim. And he was reared three months in the house of his father.

Galatians 4:4

But when the completion of the time came, Elohim sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under Torah,

Deuteronomy 34:5

And Mosheh the servant of יהוה  died there in the land of Mo’aḇ

Hebrews 9:27

And as it awaits men to die once, and after this the judgment,

1 Samuel 2:5

“The satisfied have hired themselves out for bread, and the hungry have ceased. Even the barren has borne seven, and she who has many children pines away.