Ecclesiastes 3:6 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

A time to get and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

A time to get and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away;

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

There 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.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

There is a time to look for something and a time to consider it lost. There is a time to keep things and a time to throw things away.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

He sets the time for finding and the time for losing, the time for saving and the time for throwing away,

English God's Word - GW 1995

a time to start looking and a time to stop looking, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away;

English KJV 1611

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

English LSB

A time to search and a time to lose; A time to keep and a time to throw away.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

a time to seek out, and a time to give up; a time to guard, and a time to cast away;

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

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

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

There 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.

English NIV

a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

English NKJ 1982

A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away;

English NLT

A time to search and a time to lose. A time to keep and a time to throw away.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

A time to find; A time to lose; A time for keeping; A time for throwing away;

English Tyndale 1537

A time to win, and a time to lese: A time to spare, and a time to spend:

Ecclesiastes 3:6 — Compare Translations