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Ecclesiastes 3:2

NETBible	A time to be born,¹ and a time to die;² a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;
NIV © biblegateway Ecc 3:2	a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 3:2	A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
NLT © biblegateway Ecc 3:2	A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.
MSG © biblegateway Ecc 3:2	A right time for birth and another for death, A right time to plant and another to reap,
BBE © SABDAweb Ecc 3:2	A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
NRSV © bibleoremus Ecc 3:2	a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
NKJV © biblegateway Ecc 3:2	A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;
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KJV	A time <06256> to be born <03205> (8800)_, and a time <06256> to die <04191> (8800)_; a time <06256> to plant <05193> (8800)_, and a time <06256> to pluck up <06131> (8800) [that which is] planted <05193> (8803)_; {to be...: Heb. to bear}
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 3:2	A time <06256> to give <03205> birth <03205> and a time <06256> to die <04191> ; A time <06256> to plant <05193> and a time <06256> to uproot <06131> what is planted <05193> .
LXXM	kairov <2540> N-NSM tou <3588> T-GSN tekein <5088> V-AAN kai <2532> CONJ kairov <2540> N-NSM tou <3588> T-GSN apoyanein <599> V-AAN kairov <2540> N-NSM tou <3588> T-GSN futeusai <5452> V-AAN kai <2532> CONJ kairov <2540> N-NSM tou <3588> T-GSN ektilai {V-AAN} pefuteumenon <5452> V-RPPAS
NET [draft] ITL	A time <06256> to be born <03205> , and a time <06256> to die <04191> ; a time <06256> to plant <05193> , and a time <06256> to uproot <06131> what was planted <05193> ;
HEBREW	ewjn <05193> rwqel <06131> tew <06256> tejl <05193> te <06256> twml <04191> tew <06256> tdll <03205> te (3:2) <06256>

NETBible

A time to be born,¹ and a time to die;² a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;

NET Notes

¹tn The verb יָלָד (yalad, “to bear”) is used in the active sense of a mother giving birth to a child (HALOT 413 s.v. ילד; BDB 408 s.v. יָלָד). However, in light of its parallelism with “a time to die,” it should be taken as a metonymy of cause (i.e., to give birth to a child) for effect (i.e., to be born).

²sn In 3:2-8, Qoheleth uses fourteen sets of merisms (a figure using polar opposites to encompass everything in between, that is, totality), e.g., Deut 6:6-9; Ps 139:2-3 (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 435).