Ecclesiastes 3:6
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3:6A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost;8
a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
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- 8 The term לְאַבֵּד (lé’abbed, Piel infinitive construct from אָבַד, ’avad, “to destroy”) means “to lose” (e.g., Jer 23:1) as the contrast with בָּקַשׁ (baqash, “to seek to find”) indicates ( I אבד; 2 אבד 3). This is the declarative or delocutive-estimative sense of the Piel: “to view something as lost” (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 28, §145; §24.2g).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
a time to search and a time to count as lost;
a time to keep and a time to throw away;
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NLTNew Living Translation
A time to search and a time to quit searching.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
a time to seek and a time to lose;
a time to keep and a time to throw away;
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KJV 1900King James Version
A time to get, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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