Ecclesiastes 3:3
New International Version
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,

New Living Translation
A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.

English Standard Version
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Berean Standard Bible
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,

King James Bible
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

New King James Version
A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up;

New American Standard Bible
A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.

NASB 1995
A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.

NASB 1977
A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to tear down, and a time to build up.

Legacy Standard Bible
A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.

Amplified Bible
A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.

Christian Standard Bible
a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build;

American Standard Version
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A time to kill and a time to save life, a time to tear down and a time to build

Brenton Septuagint Translation
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to pull down, and a time to build up;

Contemporary English Version
for killing and healing, destroying and building,

Douay-Rheims Bible
A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.

English Revised Version
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build up,

Good News Translation
the time for killing and the time for healing, the time for tearing down and the time for building.

International Standard Version
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build up;

JPS Tanakh 1917
A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up;

Literal Standard Version
A time to slay, | And a time to heal, | A time to break down, | And a time to build up.

Majority Standard Bible
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,

New American Bible
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build.

NET Bible
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

New Revised Standard Version
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

New Heart English Bible
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Webster's Bible Translation
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

World English Bible
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Young's Literal Translation
A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
To Everything There is a Season
2a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build, 4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,…

Cross References
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

1 Samuel 2:6
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

Hosea 6:1
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Hosea 6:2
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.


Treasury of Scripture

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

time to kill

Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

1 Samuel 2:6,25
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up…

Hosea 6:1,2
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up…

a time to heal

Numbers 26:6-9
Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites…

Isaiah 38:5
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

Jeremiah 33:6
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

a time to break

Isaiah 5:5,6
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: …

Isaiah 44:26
That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

Jeremiah 31:28
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

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Ecclesiastes 3
1. by the necessary change of times, vanity is added to human travail
11. is an excellence in God's works
16. as for man, God shall judge his works hereafter, though here he be like a beast














Verse 3. - A time to kill, and a time to heal. The time to kill might refer to war, only that occurs in ver. 8. Some endeavor to limit the notion to severe surgical operations performed with a view of saving life; but the verb harag does not admit of the meaning "rewound" or" cut." It most probably refers to the execution of criminals, or to the defense of the oppressed; such emergencies and necessities occur providentially without man's prescience. So sickness is a visitation beyond man's control, while it calls into exercise the art of healing, which is a gift of God (see Ecclus. 10:10 Ecclus. 38:1, etc.). A time to break down, and a time to build up. The removal of decaying or unsuitable buildings is meant, and the substitution of new and improved structures. A recollection of Solomon's own extensive architectural works is here introduced.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
a time
עֵ֤ת (‘êṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

to kill
לַהֲרוֹג֙ (la·hă·rō·wḡ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

and a time
וְעֵ֣ת (wə·‘êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

to heal,
לִרְפּ֔וֹא (lir·pō·w)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7495: To mend, to cure

a time
עֵ֥ת (‘êṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

to break down
לִפְר֖וֹץ (lip̄·rō·wṣ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6555: To break through

and a time
וְעֵ֥ת (wə·‘êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

to build,
לִבְנֽוֹת׃ (liḇ·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1129: To build


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