Ecclesiastes 3:5
Ecclesiastes 3:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
Ecclesiastes 3:2-8 The Message (MSG)
A right time for birth and another for death, A right time to plant and another to reap, A right time to kill and another to heal, A right time to destroy and another to construct, A right time to cry and another to laugh, A right time to lament and another to cheer, A right time to make love and another to abstain, A right time to embrace and another to part, A right time to search and another to count your losses, A right time to hold on and another to let go, A right time to rip out and another to mend, A right time to shut up and another to speak up, A right time to love and another to hate, A right time to wage war and another to make peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:5 King James Version (KJV)
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 American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
Ecclesiastes 3:5 New Century Version (NCV)
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)
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 International Version (NIV)
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 New King James Version (NKJV)
A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing