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
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsa time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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).