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Ecclesiastes 3:7 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 3 · verse 7
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;Ecclesiastes 3:7 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:7 in context
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.
9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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Key words (Strong's)
- silencechâshâhto hush or keep quietH2814 →
- timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
- rendqâraʻto rend, literally or figurativelyH7167 →
- sewtâpharto sewH8609 →
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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