Ecclesiastes 3:2 Meaning and Explanation
“A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Birth and death, planting and uprooting, each comes in its appointed time.
What Does Ecclesiastes 3:2 Mean?
The poem's first pairs reach to the edges of human life. Birth and death bracket our whole existence, and planting and harvest mark the rhythm of the work between them. These are the great boundaries no one schedules for himself; they arrive in their season.
To name birth and death side by side is to be honest about mortality without despair. The same God who opens the womb appoints the hour of our departure, and neither lies outside His care. Knowing this, we can hold our days with open hands, planting faithfully and releasing what must be released, trusting that even endings sit inside a purpose larger than we can see.
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What does Ecclesiastes 3:2 mean?
Birth and death, planting and uprooting, each comes in its appointed time.