Ecclesiastes 3
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Ecclesiastes 3:2-8

2A timeH6256 to be bornH3205, and a timeH6256 to dieH4191; a timeH6256 to plantH5193, and a timeH6256 to pluck upH6131 that which is plantedH5193;1

3A timeH6256 to killH2026, and a timeH6256 to healH7495; a timeH6256 to break downH6555, and a timeH6256 to build upH1129;

4A timeH6256 to weepH1058, and a timeH6256 to laughH7832; a timeH6256 to mournH5594, and a timeH6256 to danceH7540;

5A timeH6256 to cast awayH7993 stonesH68, and a timeH6256 to gatherH3664 stonesH68 togetherH3664; a timeH6256 to embraceH2263, and a timeH6256 to refrainH7368 from embracingH2263;2

6A timeH6256 to getH1245, and a timeH6256 to loseH6; a timeH6256 to keepH8104, and a timeH6256 to cast awayH7993;3

7A timeH6256 to rendH7167, and a timeH6256 to sewH8609; a timeH6256 to keep silenceH2814, and a timeH6256 to speakH1696;

8A timeH6256 to loveH157, and a timeH6256 to hateH8130; a timeH6256 of warH4421, and a timeH6256 of peaceH7965.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 3:2 to be…: Heb. to bear. ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 3:5 to refrain from: Heb. to be far from. ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 3:6 get: or, seek. ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 3

Revised Literal Translation — © 2018 Michael W. Jones, Sr. — GPL