Ecclesiastes 3:7

American Standard Version

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

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Ecclesiastes 3:7 in other translations

a time to tear,
and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence,
and a time to speak;

Ecclesiastes 3:7 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:7 in context

  1. 5a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
  2. 6a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
  3. 7a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  4. 8a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
  5. 9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?