Ecclesiastes 3:6
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New American Standard Bible

A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
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 search and a time to count as lost;
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.

Themes

Time » There being a time for every purpose

War/weapons » There being a time for war

Topics

Abandoning Things

A Time To

Ash Wednesday

Being Lost

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A time
H6256
עת 
`eth 
time, season, when, always, eveningtide ,
Usage: 296

to get
H1245
בּקשׁ 
Baqash 
seek, require, request, seek out, enquired, besought, ask, sought for, begging, desire, get, inquisition, procureth
Usage: 225

and a time
H6256
H6256
עת 
`eth 
עת 
`eth 
time, season, when, always, eveningtide ,
time, season, when, always, eveningtide ,
Usage: 296
Usage: 296

to lose
H6
אבד 
'abad 
perish, destroy, lose, fail, surely, utterly, broken, destruction, escape, flee, spendeth, take, undone, void
Usage: 184

a time
H6256
עת 
`eth 
time, season, when, always, eveningtide ,
Usage: 296

to keep
H8104
שׁמר 
Shamar 
keep, observe, heed, keeper, preserve, beware, mark, watchman, wait, watch, regard, save,
Usage: 468

References

Fausets

Garden

Hastings

Ecclesiastes

Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 3:6

Verse Info

Context Readings

God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities

5 A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
 6 A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
 7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to be silent and a time to speak.


Cross References

Genesis 30:30-43

For you had little before I came and it has increased to a multitude, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?”

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, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

Exodus 12:35-36

Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing;

Deuteronomy 8:17-18

Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’

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? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants?

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, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

Psalm 112:9

He has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats
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 his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down and fallen sound asleep.

Matthew 16:25-26

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

Mark 8:35-37

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Mark 10:28-30

Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You.”

Luke 9:24-25

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.

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 throwing out the wheat into the sea.

Philippians 3:7-8

But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

Hebrews 10:34-35

For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one.

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