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Ecclesiastes 3:5

a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

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ASV

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

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עֵ֚ת'eta timeH6256 →
לְהַשְׁלִ֣יךְle.hash.Likhto throw awayH7993 →
אֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimstonesH68 →
וְעֵ֖תve.'Etand a timeH6256 →
כְּנ֣וֹסke.Nosto gatherH3664 →
אֲבָנִ֑ים'a.va.NimstonesH68 →
עֵ֣ת'eta timeH6256 →
לַחֲב֔וֹקla.cha.Vokto embraceH2263 →
וְעֵ֖תve.'Etand a timeH6256 →
לִרְחֹ֥קlir.Chokto be farH7368 →
מֵחַבֵּֽק׃me.cha.Bekfrom embracingH2263 →

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2 Kings 3:25They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.Joshua 10:27At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.Joshua 4:3–9and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”Genesis 31:46and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.Joel 2:16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.2 Samuel 18:17–18They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.1 Samuel 21:4–5“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”Exodus 19:15“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”Song of Solomon 2:6–7His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.1 Corinthians 7:5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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