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Ecclesiastes 3:6 KJV

Ecclesiastes · chapter 3 · verse 6

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;Ecclesiastes 3:6 · King James Version

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Ecclesiastes 3:6 in context

4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

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Commentary

The scope of these verses is to show, 1. That we live in a world of changes, that the several events of time, and conditions of human life, are vastly different from one another, and yet occur promiscuously, and we are continually passing and repassing between them, as in the revolutions of every day and every year.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10

Cross references

Key words (Strong's)

timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
loseʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
keepshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
getbâqashto search outH1245 →

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Bible verses about Time

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