# Ecclesiastes 3.1 **Book:** [Ecclesiastes](/codex/ecclesiastes/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > **1. For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under 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 kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; (Ecclesiastes 3:1-3, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > **1. For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under 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 kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; (Ecclesiastes 3:1-3, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > **1. To every thing 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; to be: Heb. to bear 3. A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; (Ecclesiastes 3:1-3, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > **1. To everything, a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:** > > 2. A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted. 3. A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-3, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.