Parallel Verses
Amplified
A time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
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;
Holman Bible
a time to tear down and a time to build;
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;
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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Fausets
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 be born and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:6
“The Lord puts to death and makes alive;
He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].
Hosea 6:1-2
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
Numbers 26:6-9
of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
Deuteronomy 32:39
‘See now that I, I am He,
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and I who give life.
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.
1 Samuel 2:25
If one man does wrong and sins against another, God will intercede (arbitrate) for him; but if a man does wrong to the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father,
Isaiah 5:5-6
“So now let me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will take away its thorn-hedge, and it will be burned up;
I will break down its
Isaiah 38:5-20
“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘For the Lord, the God of David your father says this, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; listen carefully, I will add fifteen years to your life.
Isaiah 44:26
Confirming the word of His servant
And carrying out the plan of His messengers.
It is I who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall [again] be inhabited!’
And of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall [again] be built.’
And I will raise up and restore her ruins.
Jeremiah 31:28
It will be that as I have watched over them to uproot and to break down, to overthrow, destroy, and afflict with disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant [with good],” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 33:6
Behold, [in the restored Jerusalem] I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace (prosperity, security, stability) and truth.
Jeremiah 45:4
Say this to him, ‘The Lord speaks in this way, “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, that is, the whole land.”
Ezekiel 13:14
So I will tear down the wall which you have plastered with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundations will be exposed; when it falls, you will perish in its midst. And you shall know and understand fully that I am the Lord.
Daniel 9:25-27
So you are to know and understand that from the issuance of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until [the coming of] the Messiah (the Anointed One), the Prince, there will be seven weeks [of years] and sixty-two weeks [of years]; it will be built again, with [a city] plaza and moat, even in times of trouble.
Zechariah 1:12
Then the Angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, how long will You withhold mercy and compassion from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which You have had indignation and anger these seventy years [of the Babylonian captivity]?”
Luke 9:54-56
When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them?”
Acts 5:15-16
to such an extent that they even carried their sick out into the streets and put them on cots and sleeping pads, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on one of them [with healing power].