Ecclesiastes 3:5
3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
4 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,
6 a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
- KJV
- A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- WEB
- a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- ASV
- a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- DARBY
- A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- BLB
- a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
- ÅB
- å kaste bort steiner har sin tid og å samle steiner har sin tid; å ta i favn har sin tid og å holde seg fra favntak har sin tid;
- OTB
- En tid for å spre steiner og en tid for å samle dem, en tid for å omfavne og en tid for å avstå fra å omfavne,
- B1930
- å kaste bort stener har sin tid og å samle stener har sin tid; å ta i favn har sin tid og å holde sig fra favntak har sin tid;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 3:25
They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
Read in contextJoshua 10:27
At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
Read in contextJoshua 4:3–9
and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”
Read in contextJoel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
Read in context1 Samuel 21:4–5
“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
Read in context2 Samuel 18:17–18
They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
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