“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
Ecclesiastes 3:3 - English Standard Version 2016 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build up, American Standard Version (1901) a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; Common English Bible a time for killing and a time for healing, a time for tearing down and a time for building up, Catholic Public Domain Version A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build. |
“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
who confirms the word of his servant and fulfills the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built, and I will raise up their ruins’;
Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
And it shall come to pass that as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the Lord.
Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.
Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.
And I will break down the wall that you have smeared with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.”
“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
Then the angel of the Lord said, ‘O Lord of hosts, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these seventy years?’
“‘See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.