Ecclesiastes 3:5
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
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 get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
Read in contextJoshua 10:27
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.
Read in contextJoshua 4:3–9
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
Read in contextJoel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Read in context1 Samuel 21:4–5
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
Read in context2 Samuel 18:17–18
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
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