Ecclesiastes 3:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;”
Ecclesiastes 3:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 3:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 3:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;”
Ecclesiastes 3:6 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;”
Ecclesiastes 3:6 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.”
Ecclesiastes 3:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;”
Ecclesiastes 3:6 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“A time to seeke, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.”
Ecclesiastes 3:6 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:6 in Context — Ecclesiastes 3
4 un temps pour pleurer, et un temps pour rire; un temps pour se lamenter, et un temps pour danser;
5 un temps pour lancer des pierres, et un temps pour ramasser des pierres; un temps pour embrasser, et un temps pour s’éloigner des embrassements;
6 un temps pour chercher, et un temps pour perdre; un temps pour garder, et un temps pour jeter;
7 un temps pour déchirer, et un temps pour coudre; un temps pour se taire, et un temps pour parler;
8 un temps pour aimer, et un temps pour haïr; un temps pour la guerre, et un temps pour la paix.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 3:6 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 3:6 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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