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Ecclesiastes 3:7
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
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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;
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 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 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 seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
10 I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
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