Bible verse

Ecclesiastes 3:1

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

Ecclesiastes 3:1 · BSB

Ecclesiastes 3:1 in context

The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 3.

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

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

3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

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Ecclesiastes 3:1 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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