Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.
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;
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 heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing. 6 A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away. 7 A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.
Cross References
Genesis 30:30-43
for it is little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?'
Genesis 31:18
and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
Exodus 12:35-36
And the sons of Israel have done according to the word of Moses, and they ask from the Egyptians vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments;
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:
2 Kings 5:26
And he saith unto him, 'My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants?
2 Kings 7:15
And they go after them unto the Jordan, and lo, all the way is full of garments and vessels that the Aramaeans have cast away in their haste, and the messengers turn back and declare to the king.
2 Kings 8:9
And Hazael goeth to meet him, and taketh a present in his hand, even of every good thing of Damascus, a burden of forty camels, and he cometh in and standeth before him, and saith, 'Thy son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?'
Psalm 112:9
He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
Isaiah 2:20
In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,
Jonah 1:5
and the mariners are afraid, and cry each unto his god, and cast the goods that are in the ship into the sea, to make it light of them; and Jonah hath gone down unto the sides of the vessel, and he lieth down, and is fast asleep.
Matthew 16:25-26
for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,
Matthew 19:29
and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;
Mark 8:35-37
for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;
Mark 10:28-30
And Peter began to say to him, 'Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'
Luke 9:24-25
for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;
Acts 27:19
and on the third day with our own hands the tackling of the ship we cast out,
Acts 27:38
and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.
Philippians 3:7-8
But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss;
Hebrews 10:34-35
for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.