🌀WEB · Ecclesiastes 3:1

What does Ecclesiastes 3:1 mean?

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

— Ecclesiastes 3:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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

2

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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