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Ecclesiastes 3:1

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 3:1

Verse 1 of 22

Scripture focus

To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 3:1

Theological / Devotional

Season. Literally, “an appointed time,” from a root meaning “to determine,” “to decree.” A season is therefore not merely a convenient time, but a decreed time. God has ordained certain seasons for the various natural phenomena (see Lam. 3:37; cf. James 4:15).

Time. From a common Hebrew word for “time,” often signifying the beginning of a period of time.

Purpose. From a Hebrew word whose root means “to take delight in,” “to have pleasure in.” The noun, therefore, basically means, “that in which one takes delight,” a vocation or an avocation. This same noun is translated “pleasure” in Isa. 58:3, 13; Mal. 1:10, and “delight” in Ps. 1:2 ; 16:3.

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