Ecclesiastes 3:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

New Living Translation
A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away.

English Standard Version
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Berean Study Bible
a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

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.

NASB 1995
A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.

NASB 1977
A time to search, and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep, and a time to throw away.

Amplified Bible
A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.

Christian Standard Bible
a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away;

Contemporary English Version
There is a time for finding and losing, keeping and giving,

Good News Translation
He sets the time for finding and the time for losing, the time for saving and the time for throwing away,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
a time to start looking and a time to stop looking, 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;

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;
Classic Translations
King James Bible
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

New King James Version
A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away;

King James 2000 Bible
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

New Heart English Bible
a time to seek, 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;

American King James Version
A time to get, 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;

A Faithful Version
A time to gain, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

Darby Bible Translation
A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

English Revised Version
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Webster's Bible Translation
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
A time to seeke, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
A tyme to wynne, and a tyme to lose: A tyme to spare, and a tyme to spende.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
A tyme to wynne, and a tyme to lese: A tyme to spare, and a tyme to spende:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
A time to seek, "" And a time to destroy. A time to keep, "" And a time to cast away.

Young's Literal Translation
A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.

Smith's Literal Translation
A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to watch, and a time to cast away.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

Catholic Public Domain Version
A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
A time to lose and a time to seek, a time to bind up and a time to loose

Lamsa Bible
A time to lose and a time to seek; a time to tie up and a time to untie;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
















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