Ecclesiastes 3:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”
What this verse means
‘There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens’—life moves through God-appointed seasons.
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BSBPD
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Ecclesiastes 3:1 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 maidservants?
- 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.
- Proverbs 15:23A man takes joy in a fitting reply— and how good is a timely word!
- Proverbs 24:27Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
- 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 2:3I 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 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
- Ecclesiastes 8:6For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
- Jeremiah 46:17There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’
- 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.
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