Ecclesiastes 3:1

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

To everything there is a season, and a time for every thing desired under the heavens:

Latin

Omnia tempus habent, et suis spatiis transeunt universa sub cælo.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: Wisdom knows that everything has its own time. Both in human activities and in nature (see Ecclesiastes 1:3–7). A wise person knows when to start any activity (Ecclesiastes 8:5). Opportunities do not last long (Ephesians 5:16; Colossians 4:5).

Related verses

Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
Matthew 16:3
…and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.
Ecclesiastes 8:5–6
Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
2 Kings 5:26
But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
Proverbs 15:23
A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!
2 Chronicles 33:12
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Glossary

Book of Ecclesiastes

Topics

A Time for Love Autumn Bad Relationships Break Ups Change Euthanasia God: Providence of, Overruling Interpositions of The God's Timing Instruction: from Nature Instruction: from the Study of Human Nature Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Vanity of Philosophy: The Nature of Things Purpose Seasons The Changing of Seasons The Four Seasons The Seasons Changing Time to Die Time to Laugh Time: An Appointed Season Timing Wasting Time

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