Ecclesiastes 3:2 meaning and explanation
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
Ecclesiastes 3:2, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the Teacher, a wisdom figure reflecting on human life "under the sun." Verse 2 opens a poetic list of paired times that frame the whole chapter. Birth and death mark the boundaries of a life that no person controls, and planting and uprooting picture the ordinary rhythms of farming, where a season decides what is done.
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