Ecclesiastes 3:1

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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:

ASV

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

LSV

To everything—a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

YLT

To everything — a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

DBY

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens:

DRC

All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.

GNV

To all things there is an appointed time, and a time to euery purpose vnder the heauen.

JPS

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

LXXE

To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לַכֹּ֖ל זְמָ֑ן וְעֵ֥ת לְכָל־חֵ֖פֶץ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

LXX-Br

Τοῖς πᾶσιν ὁ χρόνος, καὶ καιρὸς τῷ παντὶ πράγματι ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
• Matthew 16:3and 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 8:5–6Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure. For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
• Ecclesiastes 7:14In 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 5:26But 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…
• Proverbs 15:23A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
• 2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
• Ecclesiastes 2:3I 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 1:13And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
• Ecclesiastes 2:17So 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.

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