Ecc 3:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. time to kill-- namely, judicially, criminals; or, in wars of self-defense; not in malice. Out of this time and order, killing is murder. to heal-- God has His times for "healing" (literally, , ; figuratively, ; ; spiritually, ; ). To heal spiritually, before the sinner feels his wound, would be "out of time," and so injurious. time to break down-- cities, as Jerusalem, by Nebuchadnezzar. build up-- as Jerusalem, in the time of Zerubbabel; spiritually ( ), "the set time" ( ).

‏ Ecclesiastes 3:3

3. time to kill--namely, judicially, criminals; or, in wars of self-defense; not in malice. Out of this time and order, killing is murder.

to heal--God has His times for "healing" (literally, Is 38:5, 21; figuratively, De 32:39; Ho 6:1; spiritually, Psa 147:3; Is 57:19). To heal spiritually, before the sinner feels his wound, would be "out of time," and so injurious.

time to break down--cities, as Jerusalem, by Nebuchadnezzar.

build up--as Jerusalem, in the time of Zerubbabel; spiritually (Am 9:11), "the set time" (Psa 102:13-16).