Ecclesiastes 3:7
A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
In Context
6A time to seek, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
8A time to love, and a time to hate. A time of war, and a time of peace.—
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →