Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
King James Version
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Holman Bible
a time to keep and a time to throw away;
International Standard Version
a time to search, and a time to give up searching; a time to keep, and a time to discard;
A Conservative Version
a time to seek, and a time to lose, a time to keep, and a time to cast away,
American Standard Version
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Amplified
A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
Bible in Basic English
A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
Darby Translation
A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Julia Smith Translation
A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to watch, and a time to cast away
King James 2000
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Lexham Expanded Bible
a time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to throw away;
Modern King James verseion
a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A time to win, and a time to lose; A time to spare, and a time to spend;
NET Bible
A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
New Heart English Bible
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
The Emphasized Bible
A time to seek, and a time to give up as lost, - A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Webster
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
World English Bible
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Youngs Literal Translation
A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 3:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities
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A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to
Cross References
Genesis 30:30-43
For you had little before
Genesis 31:18
and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had gathered, his acquired livestock which he had gathered in Paddan-aram,
Exodus 12:35-36
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
Otherwise,
2 Kings 5:26
Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you?
2 Kings 7:15
They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of clothes and equipment which the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. Then the messengers returned and told the king.
2 Kings 8:9
So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, even every kind of good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “
Psalm 112:9
His righteousness endures forever;
His
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Isaiah 2:20
Their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to worship,
Jonah 1:5
Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried to
Matthew 16:25-26
Matthew 19:29
Mark 8:35-37
Mark 10:28-30
Luke 9:24-25
Acts 27:19
and on the third day they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
Acts 27:38
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by
Philippians 3:7-8
But
Hebrews 10:34-35
For you