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Ecclesiastes 3:7

World English Bible

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

Ecclesiastes 3:7 · American Standard Version

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 tear,
    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 has he who works in that in which he labors?