Parallel Verses
Amplified
There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—
New American Standard Bible
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a
King James Version
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Holman Bible
and a time for every activity under heaven:
International Standard Version
There is a season for everything, and a time for every event under heaven:
A Conservative Version
For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:
American Standard Version
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Bible in Basic English
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
Darby Translation
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:
Julia Smith Translation
To all a season, and a time to every inclination under the heavens:
King James 2000
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For everything there [is] an appointed time, a time for every matter under heaven:
Modern King James verseion
To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heavens:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Every thing hath a time; yea, all that is under the heaven, hath his convenient season.
NET Bible
For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:
New Heart English Bible
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
The Emphasized Bible
For, every thing, there is a season, - and a time for every pursuit, under the heavens: -
Webster
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
World English Bible
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Youngs Literal Translation
To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Verse Info
Context Readings
God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities
1 There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—
2
A time to be born and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
Phrases
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked,” for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and for every deed.
Matthew 16:3
2 Kings 5:26
Elisha said to him, “Did my heart not go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a [proper] time to accept money and clothing and olive orchards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants?
2 Chronicles 33:12
But when he was in distress, he sought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Proverbs 15:23
A man has joy in giving an appropriate answer,
And how good and delightful is a word spoken at the right moment—how good it is!
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I set my mind to seek and explore by [man’s]
Ecclesiastes 2:3
I explored with my mind how to gratify myself with wine while [at the same time] having my mind remain steady and guide me wisely; and how to take control of foolishness, until I could see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun caused me only great sorrow; because all is futility and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful,
But in the day of adversity consider that
God has made the one as well as the other,
So that man will not find out anything that will be after him.
Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
Whoever keeps and observes a royal command will experience neither trouble nor misery;
For a wise heart will know the