🌀WEB · Ecclesiastes 3:7
What does Ecclesiastes 3:7 mean?
"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)
Surrounding context
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
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