Those words are in a song, Not the bible. However the song refers to The Book of Ecclesiaste 3:1..
And most of it is word for word what the bible has...
Laughter and sorrow, healing and killing, war and peace, and so on. The
lines are open to many interpretations, but as a song they
commonly performed as a plea for world peace, with the stress on the closing line: "a time for peace, I swear it's not too late," the latter phrase and the title phrase "Turn! Turn! Turn!" are the only parts actually written by Seeger himself.
Peace and blessings from Texas <><
And most of it is word for word what the bible has...
- To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
- A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
- A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
- A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
- A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Laughter and sorrow, healing and killing, war and peace, and so on. The
lines are open to many interpretations, but as a song they
commonly performed as a plea for world peace, with the stress on the closing line: "a time for peace, I swear it's not too late," the latter phrase and the title phrase "Turn! Turn! Turn!" are the only parts actually written by Seeger himself.
Peace and blessings from Texas <><