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New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:7
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a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to rent, and a time to sowe: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.
a time to tear and a time to sew;a time to be silent and a time to speak;
A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;
There is a time to tear cloth and a time to sew it. There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to keep silent and a time to speak.
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
for tearing and sewing, listening and speaking.
a time to tear and a time to sew, a time to keep silent and a time to speak,
A time to rend, and a time to sew; {S}{S}{N}
A time to rent, and a time to sow: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak;
a time to tear, and a time to sew together; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
There is a time to tear apart and a time to sew together. There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.
A time to rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.
A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
There is a time to tear apart, and a time to sew together; a time to be quiet, and a time to speak.
a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to rend, and a time to sew, - A time to be silent, and a time to speak;
A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
A time to rend and a time to sew; a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
the time for tearing and the time for mending, the time for silence and the time for talk.
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A tyme to cut in peeces, and a tyme to sowe together: A tyme to kepe scilence, and a tyme to speake.
A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Tyme to kitte, and tyme to sewe togidere; tyme to be stille, and tyme to speke.
A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.
A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
A tyme to cutt in peces, and a tyme to sowe together: A tyme to kepe sylece, and a tyme to speake:
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;A time to be silent and a time to speak.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
time to rend: Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:34, 2 Samuel 1:11, 2 Samuel 3:31, 1 Kings 21:27, 2 Kings 5:7, 2 Kings 6:30, Jeremiah 36:24, Joel 2:13, Acts 9:39
time to keep: Job 2:13, Psalms 39:2, Isaiah 36:21, Jeremiah 8:14, Lamentations 3:28, Amos 5:13, Amos 8:3, Micah 7:5
and a time to speak: Genesis 44:18, Genesis 44:34, 1 Samuel 19:4, 1 Samuel 19:5, 1 Samuel 25:24-44, Esther 4:13, Esther 4:14, Esther 7:4, Job 32:4 - Job 37:24, Proverbs 24:11, Proverbs 24:12, Proverbs 31:8, Proverbs 31:9, Luke 19:37-40, Acts 4:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:7 - dust 2 Kings 2:5 - I know it Nehemiah 2:12 - neither Luke 9:36 - And they John 8:6 - as though
Cross-References
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."
And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?"
So you shall be driven mad because of the sight which your eyes see.
So it was, when they had come to Samaria, that Elisha said, "LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and there they were, inside Samaria!
For the bed is too short to stretch out on, And the covering so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it.
Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And the act of violence is in their hands.
And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A time to rend, and a time to sew,.... To rend garments, in case of blasphemy, and in times of mourning and fasting, and then to sew them up when they are over; see Isaiah 37:1; This the Jews apply to the rending of the ten tribes from Rehoboam, signified by the rending of Jeroboam's garment, 1 Kings 11:30; the sewing up or uniting of which is foretold, Ezekiel 37:22. Some interpret it of the rending of the Jewish church state, signified by the rending of the vail, at the death of Christ; and of the constituting the Gospel church state among the Gentiles;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak k; when it is an evil time, a time of calamity in a nation, it is not a time to be loquacious and talkative, especially in a vain and ludicrous way, Amos 5:13; or when a particular friend or relation is in distress, as in the case of Job and his friends, Job 2:13; or when in the presence of wicked men, who make a jest of everything serious and religious, Psalms 39:1; and so when under afflictive dispensations of Providence, it is a time to be still and dumb, and not open the mouth in a murmuring and complaining way, Leviticus 10:3. And, on the other hand, there is a time to speak, either publicly, of the truths of the Gospel, in the ministry of it, and in vindication of them; or privately, of Christian experience: there is a time when an open profession should be made of Christ, his word and ordinances, and when believers should speak to God in prayer and praise; which, should they not, the stones in the wall would cry out.
k ωρη μεν πολεων μυθων, ωρη δε και υπνου, Homer. Odyss. 11. v. 378.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Rend - i. e., Tear garments in sign of mourning or anger. See 2 Samuel 1:2, 2 Samuel 1:11 ff.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 3:7. A time to rend, - sew, - keep silence, - speak —
_______________ "Intestine broils
And factions rend a state: at length the breach
Is heal'd, and rest ensues. Wisdom restrains
The tongue, when words are vain: but now,
'Tis time to speak, and silence would be criminal."
