Ecclesiastes 3:1 (YLT)

Passage

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

Nearby Context

Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

Ecclesiastes 3:2 A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.

Ecclesiastes 3:3 A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "everything--a", "season", "time", "delight", "under", and "heavens". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "everything--a", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "A time to bring forth And a...", so "light" and "everything--a" 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 "light" and "everything--a" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.