Ecclesiastes 3:2
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- 6 The verb יָלָד (yalad, “to bear”) is used in the active sense of a mother giving birth to a child ( ילד; 408 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).
- 7 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, ).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
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a time to give birth and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to uproot;
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NLTNew Living Translation
A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
a time to bear and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to root up what is planted;
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KJV 1900King James Version
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
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