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Ecclesiastes 3:7

A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

Ecclesiastes 3:7 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)

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Ecclesiastes 3:7 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

WEB 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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In context

4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

5 A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.

6 A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

8 A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.

9 What hath man more of his labour?

10 I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it.

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