Ecclesiastes 3:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ a time to slay, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ A time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build up,

American Standard Version (1901)

³ a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Common English Bible

³ a time for killing and a time for healing, a time for tearing down and a time for building up,

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up.

Ecclesiastes 3:3 Cross References

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood is shed, for in the image of Elohim has He made man.

Isaiah 44:26

confirming the word of His servant, and completing the counsel of His messengers, who says of Yerushalayim, ‘Be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Yehuḏ

Isaiah 6:10

“Make the heart of this people fat, and their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and shall turn and be healed.”

Jeremiah 1:10

“See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the reigns, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Jeremiah 31:28

“And it shall be, that as I have watched over them to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict, so I shall watch over them to build and to plant,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 33:6

‘See, I am bringing to it relief and healing. And I shall heal them and reveal to them the riches of peace and truth.

Jeremiah 45:4

“Say this to him, ‘Thus said יהוה, “See, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up, that is, the entire land.

Ezekiel 13:14

“And I shall throw down the wall you have coated with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, and its foundation shall be uncovered. And it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. And you shall know that I am יהוה.

Haggai 1:2

“Thus spoke יהוה  of hosts, saying, ‘This people have said, “The time has not come, the time the House of יהוה  is to be built.” ’ ”

Haggai 1:4

“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your panelled houses, and this House be in ruins?”

Zechariah 1:12

And the messenger of יהוה  answered and said, “O יהוה  of hosts, how long would You have no compassion on Yerushalayim and on the cities of Yehuḏ

Deuteronomy 32:39

‘See now that I, I am He, And there is no Elohim besides Me. I put to death and I make alive. I have wounded, and I heal. And from My hand no one delivers!

1 Samuel 2:25

“If one man sins against another, Elohim shall judge him. But if a man sins against יהוה, who shall pray for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, though יהוה  was pleased to put them to death.

1 Samuel 2:6

“יהוה  puts to death and makes alive, He brings down to the grave and raises up.