Ecclesiastes 3:3 “a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to…”

Ecclesiastes 3:3

a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

World English Bible

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

American Standard Version

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Geneva Bible 1599

A time to slay, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, and a time to builde.

Darby Translation

A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up;

Young's Literal Translation

A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.

Bible in Basic English

A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;

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Cross references

“time to kill”

1 Samuel 2:6 Deuteronomy 32:39 1 Samuel 2:25 Hosea 6:1 Hosea 6:2

1 Samuel 2:6 · BSB

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

Deuteronomy 32:39 · BSB

See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

1 Samuel 2:25 · BSB

If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

Hosea 6:1 · BSB

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Hosea 6:2 · BSB

After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

“a time to heal”

Isaiah 38:5–20 Jeremiah 33:6 Numbers 26:6–9 Luke 9:54–56 Acts 5:15 Acts 5:16

Isaiah 38:5–20 · BSB

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

Jeremiah 33:6 · BSB

Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

Numbers 26:6–9 · BSB

the Hezronite clan from Hezron, and the Carmite clan from Carmi.

Luke 9:54–56 · BSB

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

Acts 5:15 · BSB

As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

Acts 5:16 · BSB

Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

“a time to break”

Jeremiah 45:4 Jeremiah 31:28 Isaiah 44:26 Daniel 9:25–27 Ezekiel 13:14 Zechariah 1:12

Jeremiah 45:4 · BSB

Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.

Jeremiah 31:28 · BSB

Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 44:26 · BSB

who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’

Daniel 9:25–27 · BSB

Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but i…

Ezekiel 13:14 · BSB

I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Zechariah 1:12 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

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