Ecclesiastes 3:5
A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; 1 A time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing; 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; 1 A time to lament, and a time to dance; 1
6A time to seek, and a time to lose; 1 A time to keep, and a time to cast away; 1
Cross References
Joshua 4:3and charge them; and ye shall take out of the midst of Jordan twelve 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 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 →