Ecclesiastes 3:5

Ecclesiastes chapter 3 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

Context

v.4a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

v.5This passage

v.6a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 4:3

    and command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night.

  • 1 Samuel 21:4

    And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

  • 2 Kings 3:25

    And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

  • 2 Samuel 18:17

    And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

  • Joel 2:16

    gather the people, sanctify the assembly, assemble the old men, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

  • Joshua 10:27

    And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.