Ecclesiastes 3:7,20 - Compare All Versions

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a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak

All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.

A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

Both go to the same place—they came from dust and they return to dust.

a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak

All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak

All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust.

A right time for birth and another for death, A right time to plant and another to reap, A right time to kill and another to heal, A right time to destroy and another to construct, A right time to cry and another to laugh, A right time to lament and another to cheer, A right time to make love and another to abstain, A right time to embrace and another to part, A right time to search and another to count your losses, A right time to hold on and another to let go, A right time to rip out and another to mend, A right time to shut up and another to speak up, A right time to love and another to hate, A right time to wage war and another to make peace.

Humans and animals come to the same end—humans die, animals die. We all breathe the same air. So there’s really no advantage in being human. None. Everything’s smoke. We all end up in the same place—we all came from dust, we all end up as dust. Nobody knows for sure that the human spirit rises to heaven or that the animal spirit sinks into the earth. So I made up my mind that there’s nothing better for us men and women than to have a good time in whatever we do—that’s our lot. Who knows if there’s anything else to life?

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.

All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to keep silent and a time to speak. [Amos 5:13]

All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.

A time to rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.

Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.