Ecclesiastes 3:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

Young's Literal Translation
A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.

King James Bible
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Hebrew
a time
עֵ֤ת (‘êṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

to search
לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ (lə·ḇaq·qêš)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

and a time
וְעֵ֣ת (wə·‘êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

to count as lost,
לְאַבֵּ֔ד (lə·’ab·bêḏ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

a time
עֵ֥ת (‘êṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

to keep
לִשְׁמ֖וֹר (liš·mō·wr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

and a time
וְעֵ֥ת (wə·‘êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

to discard,
לְהַשְׁלִֽיךְ׃ (lə·haš·lîḵ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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