| Ecclesiastes 3:1 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven-- (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Everything has its own time, and there is a specific time for every activity under heaven:(GOD'S WORD®) |
| 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 very purpose under heaven: |
| BBE: | For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun. |
| DBY: | To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens: |
| ERV: | To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: |
| JPS: | To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: |
| WBS: | To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: |
| WEB: | For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: |
| YLT: | To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: |
| Ecclesiastes 3:1 Cross References |
| XREF: | Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said to myself, "God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.
Ecclesiastes 8:6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a man's trouble is heavy upon him. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 3:1 To every [thing there is] a {a} season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
(a) He speaks of this diversity of time for two causes first to declare that there is nothing in this world perpetual: next to teach us not to be grieved, if we have not all things at once according to our desires, neither enjoy them so long as we would wish. |
| WES: | 3:1 A season - A certain time appointed by God for its being and continuance, which no human wit or providence can alter. And by virtue of this appointment of God, all vicissitudes which happen in the world, whether comforts or calamities, come to pass. Which is here added to prove the principal proposition, That all things below are vain, and happiness is not to be found in them, because of their great uncertainty, and mutability, and transitoriness, and because they are so much out of the reach and power of men, and wholly in the disposal of God. Purpose - Not only natural, but even the voluntary actions of men, are ordered and disposed by God. But it must be considered, that he does not here speak of a time allowed by God, wherein all the following things may lawfully be done, but only of a time fixed by God, in which they are actually done. |
| MHC: | 3:1-10 To expect unchanging happiness in a changing world, must end in disappointment. To bring ourselves to our state in life, is our duty and wisdom in this world. God's whole plan for the government of the world will be found altogether wise, just, and good. Then let us seize the favourable opportunity for every good purpose and work. The time to die is fast approaching. Thus labour and sorrow fill the world. This is given us, that we may always have something to do; none were sent into the world to be idle. |
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