A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
WEB
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
YLT
A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.
DBT
A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up;
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).