Ecclesiastes 3:6
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 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;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
- KJV
- A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
- WEB
- a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
- ASV
- a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
- DARBY
- A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
- BLB
- a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away,
- ÅB
- å søke har sin tid og å tape har sin tid; å gjemme har sin tid og å kaste bort har sin tid;
- OTB
- En tid for å lete og en tid for å gi opp letingen, en tid for å beholde og en tid for å kaste,
- B1930
- å søke har sin tid og å tape har sin tid; å gjemme har sin tid og å kaste bort har sin tid;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:7–8
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Read in contextLuke 9:24–25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Read in contextMark 8:35–37
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
Read in contextMatthew 16:25–26
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Read in contextMark 10:28–30
Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
Read in context2 Kings 5:26
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
Read in contextPsalms 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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