But I will confirm my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.’
Ecclesiastes 3:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 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. |
But I will confirm my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.’
When the time approached for him to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, ‘If I have found favour with you, put your hand under my thigh and promise me that you will deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt.
The man of God cried out against the altar by the word of the Lord: ‘Altar, altar, this is what the Lord says, “A son will be born to the house of David, named Josiah, and he will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who are burning incense on you. Human bones will be burned on you.” ’
Elisha said, ‘At this time next year you will have a son in your arms.’ Then she said, ‘No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your servant.’
When a person dies, will he come back to life? If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle until my relief comes.
Since a person’s days are determined and the number of his months depends on you, and since you have set limits he cannot pass,
Isn’t each person consigned to forced labour on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker?
Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field; afterwards, build your house.
Does the ploughman plough every day to plant seed? Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?
In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Set your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.” ’
‘Go and tell Hezekiah, “This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add fifteen years to your life. ,
‘Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth; burst into song and shout, you who have not been in labour! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of the married woman,’ says the Lord.
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and demolish, to build and plant.
‘This is what you are to say to him: “This is what the Lord says: ‘What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot #– #the whole land!
The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all who cause sin and those guilty of lawlessness. ,
He replied, ‘Every plant that my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
But the angel said to him, ‘Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.
Now listen. You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.’
And consider your relative Elizabeth #– #even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.
When a woman is in labour, she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.
Then they tried to seize him. Yet no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.
‘As the time was approaching to fulfil the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt
At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home for three months.
When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the Lord’s word.
And just as it is appointed for people to die once #– #and after this, judgement #– #
Those who are full hire themselves out for food, but those who are starving hunger no more. The woman who is childless gives birth to seven, but the woman with many sons pines away.