Ecclesiastes 3:5
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
KJV
Tempus spargendi lapides, et tempus colligendi, tempus amplexandi, et tempus longe fieri ab amplexibus.
Vulgate
καιρὸς τοῦ βαλεῖν λίθους καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ συναγαγεῖν λίθους, καιρὸς τοῦ περιλαβεῖν καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ μακρυνθῆναι ἀπὸ περιλήμψεως,
LXX
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
עֵ֚ת לְ/הַשְׁלִ֣יךְ אֲבָנִ֔ים וְ/עֵ֖ת כְּנ֣וֹס אֲבָנִ֑ים עֵ֣ת לַ/חֲב֔וֹק וְ/עֵ֖ת לִ/רְחֹ֥ק מֵ/חַבֵּֽק
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
כְנוֹס֙
knvs
verb · 11×
נִי
ny
verb · 13×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
תִּרְחַ֥ק
trchq
verb · 56×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 1. Summary of the Foregoing Books, and Scope of that Which Follows. I. The man who fears God seeks diligently in Holy Scripture for a knowledge of His will. And when he has become meek through piety, so as to have no love of strife; when furnished also with a knowledge of languages, so as not to be stopped by unknown words and forms of speech, and with the knowledge of …
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 3:25 — And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left
- Gen 31:46 — And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
- Joel 2:16 — Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
- Josh 4:3 — And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the
- Josh 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 been hid, and laid great stones