Ecclesiastes 3:5
a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
4a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;
6a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Cross References
Joshua 4:3and charge them; and ye shall take out of the midst of Jordan twelve + 4:3 Gr. ready. Heb. הכין. A. V. firm, applied to the foot of the priests.fit stones, and having carried them across together with yourselves, place them in your camp, where ye shall encamp for the night.
1 Samuel 21:4And now if there are under thy hand five loaves, give into my hand what is ready.
2 Kings 3:25And they razed the cities, and cast every man his stone on every good piece of land and filled it; and they stopped every well, and + 3:25 Gr. threw down.cut down every good tree, until they left only the stones of the wall cast down; and the slingers compassed the land, and smote it.
Joel 2:16gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 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; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →