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Ecclesiastes 3:2 — A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to…
“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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The verses around Ecclesiastes 3:2.
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Verse explanation
Birth and death open the list of opposites as life’s two inevitable limits, and planting and uprooting right after suggest that even human projects have a set time to begin and end.
From the Ecclesiastes 3 study in Bible in Stories.
Ecclesiastes 3:2 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Ha tempo de nascer, e tempo de morrer: tempo de plantar, e tempo d'arrancar o que se plantou:
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Tempo de nascer e tempo de morrer; tempo de plantar e tempo de arrancar o que foi plantado.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Un tiempo de nacer, y un tiempo de morir. Un tiempo de sembrar, y un tiempo de cosechar.
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