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 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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 get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

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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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