Ecclesiastes 3:6

Ecclesiastes 3:6 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

6a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

6A time to search and a time to give up as lost;

A time to keep and a time to throw away.

6A time to search and a time to give up as lost;

A time to keep and a time to throw away.

6a time to search and a time to count as lost,

a time to keep and a time to discard,

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

6A time to seeke, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.

6a time to seek,

and a time to lose;

a time to keep,

and a time to cast away;

6There 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.

6There is a time to look for things that you have lost.

There is a time to accept that you have lost them.

There is a time to keep things.

There is a time to throw things away.

6A time to seek, || And a time to destroy. A time to keep, || And a time to cast away.