Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
a time to tear down and a time to build;
New American Standard Bible
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
King James Version
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
International Standard Version
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build up;
A Conservative Version
a time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up,
American Standard Version
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Amplified
A time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
Bible in Basic English
A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
Darby Translation
A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up;
Julia Smith Translation
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build:
King James 2000
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Lexham Expanded Bible
a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up;
Modern King James verseion
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A time to slay, and a time to make whole; A time to break down, and a time to build up;
NET Bible
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
New Heart English Bible
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
The Emphasized Bible
A time to kill, and a time to heal, - A time to break down, and a time to build up;
Webster
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
World English Bible
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Youngs Literal Translation
A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 3:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities
2
a time to plant and a time to uproot;
a time to tear down and a time to build;
a time to mourn and a time to dance;
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:6
He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.
Hosea 6:1-2
For He has torn us,
and He will heal us;
He has wounded us,
and He will bind up our wounds.
Numbers 26:6-9
the Carmite clan from Carmi.
Deuteronomy 32:39
there is no God but Me.
I bring death and I give life;
I wound and I heal.
No one can rescue anyone from My hand.
1 Samuel 2:25
If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him, but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?”
Isaiah 5:5-6
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
Isaiah 38:5-20
“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add 15 years to your life.
Isaiah 44:26
and fulfills the counsel of His messengers;
who says to Jerusalem, “She will be inhabited,”
and to the cities of Judah, “They will be rebuilt,”
and I will restore her ruins;
Jeremiah 31:28
Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear them down, to demolish and to destroy, and to cause disaster, so will I be attentive to build and to plant them,”
Jeremiah 33:6
Yet I will certainly bring health
Jeremiah 45:4
“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot
Ezekiel 13:14
I will tear down the wall you plastered with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed.
Daniel 9:25-27
From the issuing of the decree
to restore and rebuild Jerusalem
until Messiah
will be seven weeks and 62 weeks.
It will be rebuilt with a plaza and a moat,
but in difficult times.
Zechariah 1:12
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”
Luke 9:54-56
When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
Acts 5:15-16
As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow