Ecclesiastes 3:1 (DRB)

Passage

All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.

Nearby Context

Ecclesiastes 3:1 All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.

Ecclesiastes 3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "season", "times", "pass", "under", and "heaven". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "season", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "A time to be born and a...", so "all things" and "season" should be read forward into that movement. In Ecclesiastes context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "season" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.