Ecclesiastes 3:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Everything - More particularly, the actions of people (e. g. his own, Ecclesiastes 2:1-8 ) and events which happen to people, the world of Providence rather than the world of creation. It would...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

To every [thing there is] a (a) season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: (a) He speaks of this diversity of time for two causes first to declare that there is nothing in this world perp...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

From one point of view this section may be entitled In Praise of Opportunism, from another Human Helplessness. Every action in which man can engage has its allotted season, but who can be sure th...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a season . an appointed time. Hebrew. zrman. Compare Ezra 10:14 . Nehemiah 2:6 ; Esther 9:27 . A word is not necessarily. "later" word, because there has not been occasion for it to be used, or...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose - Two general remarks may be made on the first eight ve...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To every thing there is a season— There is a fixed season for every thing; nay, all the determinations of man's will under heaven have their proper time. Solomon says of all things in general, th...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: To every thing ... a season - Heb., zªmaan ( H2165 )2165 determined time. Man has his appointed cycle of s...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Practical Ideal. Acceptance of the Universal Scheme 1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set himself is not yet solved. He has found that wisdom, culture, pleasure, ar...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A season. — The word is only found in later Hebrew ( Nehemiah 2:6 ; Esther 9:27 ; Esther 9:31 ), and in the Chaldee of Daniel and Ezra. Purpose. — The use of the word here and in Ecclesiastes...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

And the Conviction that it is opposed to the Will of God as expressed in the Ordinances of his Providence , Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 This is one help to a wise content with our lot; but he has many mo...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he has been able to take. He now gives us some of the results of tha...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS Under several very interesting representations, the Preacher continues in this Chapter to follow up the same subject, as in the former. The mutability of all things here below, is strikingl...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To every [thing there is] a season ,.... A set determined time, when everything shall come into being, how long it shall continue, and in what circumstances; all things that have been, are, or shall...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Ver. 1. To everything there is a season. ] A set time, such as we can neither alter nor order. This is one of thos...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To every thing , &c. Solomon having mentioned God's overruling providence in the latter end of the foregoing chapter, proceeds in this to illustrate the imperfection of human wisdom, which is co...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 3 Every thing hath its time; in which, to enjoy it, and therewith do good to others, is our good, Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 . God doth all according to his decree that we should f...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

There is a Time for Everything In Its Place ( Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ). Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ‘To everything there is a fixed season, and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 3:1 . Season-time.] Season signifies a certain period or term; time denotes a division of time in general. Ecclesiastes 3:2 . A time to plant, &c. ] Used in...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 I. Not only has God made everything, but there is a beauty in this arrangement where all is fortuitous to us, but all is fixed by Him. "He hath made everything beautiful in its...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 3:1 . To every thing there is a season. The seasons of the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9 ., divides the times into twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the hus...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

To everything there is a season. Times and seasons in the Church The principle which Solomon asserts, and which is of extreme importance in all matters connected with our practical life in this...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 3:1-21 Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how Providence arranges even the minutes...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Dependence of Man Upon the Course of NatuRev. 1. To everything, all that men undertake or do on earth, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven, under the government a...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 33:12 ; 2 Kings 5:26 ; Ecclesiastes 1:13 ; Ecclesiastes 2:17 ; Ecclesiastes 2:3 ; Ecclesiastes 3:17 ; Ecclesiastes 7:14 ; Ecclesiastes 8:5 ; Ecclesiastes 8:6 ; Matthew 16:3 ;...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

What Is Good in This Life Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 ; Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come now to the second great question in the Book of Ecclesiastes. It is expressed in Chapter s 6 an...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A season — A certain time appointed by God for its being and continuance, which no human wit or providence can alter. And by virtue of this appointment of God, all vicissitudes which happen in the...

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes