Ecclesiastes 3:1 (LSB)

Passage

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven—

Nearby Context

Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven—

Ecclesiastes 3:2 A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

Ecclesiastes 3:3 A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "appointed", "time", "everything", "matter", "under", and "heaven". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "appointed" and "time", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "A time to give birth and a...", so "appointed" and "time" 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 "appointed" and "time" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.