Ecclesiastes 3:5
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — The New International Version (NIV)
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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;
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)
5 A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
5 A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — New Century Version (NCV)
5 There is a time to throw away stones
and a time to gather them.
There is a time to hug
and a time not to hug.
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)
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;
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
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;
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
5 a time to scatter stones and
a time to gather them,
a time to hug and
a time to stop hugging,
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
5 a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
5 a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
5 a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones;
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
5 There is a time to scatter stones.
And there’s a time to gather them.
There is a time to hug.
And there’s a time not to hug.
Ecclesiastes 3:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
5 A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.