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Ecclesiastes 3:6–8

6 A time to gain,

And a time to lose;

A time to keep,

And a time to throw away;

7 A time to tear,

And a time to sew;

eA time to keep silence,

And a time to fspeak;

8 A time to love,

And a time to ghate;

A time of war,

And a time of peace.

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Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — The New International Version (NIV)

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

a time to seek, and a time to lose;

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

a time to tear, and a time to sew;

a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

a time to love, and a time to hate;

a time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

A time to get, and a time to lose;

A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and a time to sew;

A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate;

A time of war, and a time of peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

A time to search and a time to quit searching.

A time to keep and a time to throw away.

A time to tear and a time to mend.

A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

A time to love and a time to hate.

A time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — New Century Version (NCV)

There is a time to look for something

and a time to stop looking for it.

There is a time to keep things

and a time to throw things away.

There is a time to tear apart

and a time to sew together.

There is a time to be silent

and a time to speak.

There is a time to love

and a time to hate.

There is a time for war

and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

a time to start looking and 

a time to stop looking, 

a time to keep and 

a time to throw away, 

a time to tear apart and 

a time to sew together, 

a time to keep quiet and 

a time to speak out, 

a time to love and 

a time to hate, 

a time for war and 

a time for peace. 

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

a time to search and a time to count as lost;

a time to keep and a time to throw away;

a time to tear and a time to sew;

a time to be silent and a time to speak;

a time to love and a time to hate;

a time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

a time to seek, and a time to lose;

a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

a time to tear, and a time to sew;

a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

a time to love, and a time to hate;

a time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

a time to seek and a time to lose;

a time to keep and a time to throw away;

a time to tear and a time to sew;

a time to be silent and a time to speak;

a time to love and a time to hate;

a time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

There is a time to search.

And there’s a time to stop searching.

There is a time to keep.

And there’s a time to throw away.

There is a time to tear.

And there’s a time to mend.

There is a time to be silent.

And there’s a time to speak.

There is a time to love.

And there’s a time to hate.

There is a time for war.

And there’s a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6–8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

A time to search and a time to give up as lost;

A time to keep and a time to throw away.

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;

A time to be silent and a time to speak.

A time to love and a time to hate;

A time for war and a time for peace.


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