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
5
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
Cross References
Genesis 30:30-43
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude, and the LORD has blessed thee since my coming; and now when shall I provide for my own house also?
Genesis 31:18
and he carried away all his livestock and all his goods which he had gotten, the livestock of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, to return unto Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Exodus 12:35-36
And the sons of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked the Egyptians for vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing.
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
2 Kings 5:26
Then he said unto him, Did not my heart go with thee when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money and to receive garments and oliveyards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and menslaves and maidslaves?
2 Kings 7:15
And they went after them unto the Jordan; and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.
2 Kings 8:9
So Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad, king of Syria, has sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
Psalm 112:9
Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.
Isaiah 2:20
In that day man shall cast his idols of silver and his idols of gold (which they made each one for himself to worship) into the caves of the moles and of the bats,
Jonah 1:5
And the mariners were afraid, and everyone called unto his god, and they cast forth the vessels that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; he lay and was fast asleep.
Matthew 16:25-26
For whosoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Matthew 19:29
And every one that has forsaken houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name's sake shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life.
Mark 8:35-37
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Mark 10:28-30
Then Peter began to say unto him, Behold, we have left all and have followed thee.
Luke 9:24-25
For whosoever desires to save his soul shall lose it, but whosoever will lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it.
Acts 27:19
and the third day with our own hands we cast off the dead works of the ship.
Acts 27:38
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and cast out the grain into the sea.
Philippians 3:7-8
But those things which were gain to me, I counted loss for Christ.
Hebrews 10:34-35
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing that in yourselves ye have a better substance in the heavens, and that abides.