{"id":9385,"date":"2026-03-14T19:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=9385"},"modified":"2026-03-14T19:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T01:12:29","slug":"ecclesiastes-31-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=9385","title":{"rendered":"Ecclesiastes 3:1-8"},"content":{"rendered":"
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3\u00a0<\/span>To everything\u00a0there is\u00a0a season,<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nA\u00a0time for every purpose under heaven:<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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2\u00a0<\/sup>A time to be born,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd\u00a0a time to die;<\/span><\/em>
\nA time to plant,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to pluck\u00a0what is planted;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3\u00a0<\/sup>A time to kill,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to heal;<\/span><\/em>
\nA time to break down,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to build up;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4\u00a0<\/sup>A time to\u00a0weep,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to laugh;<\/span><\/em>
\nA time to mourn,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to dance;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5\u00a0<\/sup>A time to cast away stones,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to gather stones;<\/span><\/em>
\nA time to embrace,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to refrain from embracing;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6\u00a0<\/sup>A time to gain,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to lose;<\/span><\/em>
\nA time to keep,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to throw away;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7\u00a0<\/sup>A time to tear,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to sew;<\/span><\/em>
\nA time to keep silence,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to speak;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8\u00a0<\/sup>A time to love,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time to\u00a0hate;<\/span><\/em>
\nA time of war,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd a time of peace.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

season (v.1) = when a certain event is scheduled to take place (which is appointed by God and cannot be altered). Same word translated as “time” in Nehemiah 2:6 and Esther 9:27, 31. \u2014 Grace, page 1170<\/span><\/h3>\n

time (v.1) = the amount of time an event takes<\/h3>\n

purpose (v.1) = event<\/h3>\n

time (vs.2-8) = an appointed time<\/h3>\n

kill (v.3) \u2014 never murder, but war or capital punishment<\/h3>\n

It is the take of all my commentaries, including Grace, that these verses mean that everything is arranged according to God’s providence and sovereignty. These verses cover the total of human experience and show that all of it is up to God. I agree with that except that I don’t think God is orchestrating all our moments and circumstances during the Age of Grace. For us, I think that these verses mean that all these “times” will happen at some point, no matter who we are or how we attempt to order our lives.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3\u00a0To everything\u00a0there is\u00a0a season, A\u00a0time for every purpose under heaven: 2\u00a0A time to be born, And\u00a0a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck\u00a0what is planted; 3\u00a0A time to kill, And a time to heal; A … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecclesiastes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9546,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9385\/revisions\/9546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}