Ecclesiastes 3:5
“A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together: a time to imbrace, and a time to refraine from imbracing.”
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Ecclesiastes 3:5 Context
3A time to kill, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, and a time to build vp. 4A time to weepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, and a time to dance. 5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together: a time to imbrace, and a time to refraine from imbracing. 6A time to get, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away. 7A time to rent, and a time to sow: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.
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A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- King James Version
A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
- New American Standard Version (1995)