Ecclesiastes 3:1,Ecclesiastes 3:2

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Ecclesiastes 3:1 . To every thing there is a season. The seasons of the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9:0., divides the times into twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the husbandmen, the shepherds, and the gardeners divided: the text refers to the actions of men. Ecclesiastes 3:11 . He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh. “Que l’ homme puisse comprendre l’ œuvre que Dieu a faite,” that man may comprehend the work... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8To everything there is a season.Times and seasons in the ChurchThe principle which Solomon asserts, and which is of extreme importance in all matters connected with our practical life in this world, is also of equal importance in religious matters. It is true of religion as of all other things, that in it too there is a time for all things, a time to be merry and a time to be sad; and moreover that true wisdom consists in regulating these times, not in leaving them to take... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:1

Ecc 3:1 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 those keys that God carries under his own belt. Act 1:7 To seek, to do, or get anything before the time, is to pull apples before they are ripe, saith a father, a which set the teeth on edge, and breed stomach worms. They labour in vain that would prevent the time prefixed by God, as those hasty... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ecclesiastes 3:1

every thing: Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 7:14, Ecclesiastes 8:5, Ecclesiastes 8:6, 2 Kings 5:26, 2 Chronicles 33:12, Proverbs 15:23, Matthew 16:3 under: Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 2:17 Reciprocal: Exodus 9:5 - a set time Leviticus 23:37 - every thing Psalms 31:15 - My times Daniel 2:21 - he changeth Mark 4:28 - first John 2:4 - mine John 7:6 - My time 1 Corinthians 16:12 - when read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 3:1

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: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 world, whether comforts or calamities, come to pass. Which is here added to prove the principal proposition, That all things below are vain, and happiness is not to be found in them, because of their great uncertainty, and... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

1. To every thing Better, To every enterprise, or undertaking. Season… time Denoting a fixed time, an appointed season. The Great Ordainer has balanced human affairs by setting one thing over against another, and writing this law of changefulness upon the animal and vegetable kingdoms, upon the processes of inanimate nature, and upon the instincts and judgments of mankind. read more