Ecclesiastes 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 "time", "to kill" is to murder. There is no "time" for this.

to heal. Isaiah 38:5; Isaiah 38:21; Isaiah 57:18; Psalms 107:20; Psalms 147:3.

to break down. Jeremiah 39:2; Jeremiah 39:8; Ezekiel 33:21.Malachi 1:4.

to build up (Compare Ecclesiastes 2:4). Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 2:18; Nehemiah 2:20; Psalms 102:13-16; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 58:12; Isaiah 60:10; Daniel 9:25.Amos 9:11.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

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