Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
WEB
a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
YLT
A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.
DBT
A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).