Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break 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,
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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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 pluck up that which is planted; 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;
Phrases
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:6
Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
Hosea 6:1-2
Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
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, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
1 Samuel 2:25
If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them.
Isaiah 5:5-6
And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
Isaiah 38:5-20
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Isaiah 44:26
that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places thereof;
Jeremiah 31:28
And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith Jehovah.
Jeremiah 33:6
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.
Jeremiah 45:4
Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
Ezekiel 13:14
So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar , and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Daniel 9:25-27
Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times.
Zechariah 1:12
Then the angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
Luke 9:54-56
And when his disciples James and John saw this , they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?
Acts 5:15-16
insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them.