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

“ A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; ”

Ecclesiastes 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to kill: i.e. Jud 1 Kings 2:23 ; 1 Kings 2:24 1 Kings 2:28 , 1 Kings 2:29 ; 1 Kings 2:34 . 1Ki 2:36, 1 Kings 2:37 ; 1 Kings 2:46 . Psa 88:31, Psa 88:34. Jeremiah 12:8 . Out of its proper "t...
Ecclesiastes 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to kill, - heal, - break down, - build up - "The healing art, when out of season used, Pernicious proves, a...
Ecclesiastes 3:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to kill - namely, judicially, criminals; or, in wars of self-defense; not in malice. Out of this time...
Ecclesiastes 3:3 - 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 3:3 - 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 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: (2) A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; (3) A time to k...
Ecclesiastes 3:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A time to kill, and a time to heal ,.... A time to kill may be meant of a violent death, as a time to die is of a natural one; so the Targum, "a time to kill in war;'' or else, by the hand of the...
Ecclesiastes 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; Ver. 3. A time to kill, ] viz., To cut off corrupt members by the sword of justice or of war, ne pars sincera t...
Ecclesiastes 3:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A time to die And as there is a time to die , so there is a time to rise again, a set time, when they that lie in the grave shall be remembered. A time to kill When men die a violent death. A t...
Ecclesiastes 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A time to kill; when a man shall die a violent death, either by chance, as Exodus 21:13 , or by the sentence of the magistrate, or by the hands of murderers. A time to heal; when he who seemed...
Ecclesiastes 3:3 - 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 3:3 - 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 3:3 - 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 3:3 - 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 3:3 - 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 3:3 - 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 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:25 ; 1 Samuel 2:6 ; Acts 5:15 ; Acts 5:16 ; Daniel 9:25-27 ; Deuteronomy 32:39 ; Ezekiel 13:14 ; Hosea 6:1 ; Hosea 6:2 ; Isaiah 38:5-20 ; Isaiah 44:26 ; Isaiah 5:5 ; Isaiah 5:...
Ecclesiastes 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To kill — When men die a violent death. To heal — When he who seemed to be mortally wounded is healed.

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

Ecclesiastes 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ecclesiastes 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

Ecclesiastes 3:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

Ecclesiastes 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 3:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Ecclesiastes 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 3:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes