Ecclesiastes 3:7
◄  Ecclesiastes 3:7  ►
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

time to rend

Genesis 37:29, 34 And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes...

2 Samuel 1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

2 Samuel 3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth...

1 Kings 21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted...

2 Kings 5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God...

2 Kings 6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by on the wall...

Jeremiah 36:24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger...

Acts 9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping...

time to keep

Job 2:13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him...

Psalm 39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

Isaiah 36:21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Jeremiah 8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defended cities, and let us be silent there...

Lamentations 3:28 He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it on him.

Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

Amos 8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, said the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place...

Micah 7:5 Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.

and a time to speak

Genesis 44:18, 34 Then Judah came near to him, and said, Oh my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears...

1 Samuel 19:4, 5 And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David...

1 Samuel 25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be: and let your handmaid, I pray you...

Esther 4:13, 14 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with yourself that you shall escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews...

Esther 7:4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for slaves and bondwomen...

Job 32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

Proverbs 24:11, 12 If you forbear to deliver them that are drawn to death, and those that are ready to be slain...

Proverbs 31:8, 9 Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction...

Luke 19:37-40 And when he was come near, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives...

Acts 4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak;

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

International Standard Version (©2012)
a time to tear, and a time to mend; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

American King James Version
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

American Standard Version
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Douay-Rheims Bible
A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

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

English Revised Version
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Webster's Bible Translation
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

World English Bible
a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Young's Literal Translation
A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.

Ecclesiastes 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;


Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak; —HCSB

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak. —NASB

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


Apart Keeping Mend Quiet Rend Sew Silence Silent Speak Stitching Talk Tear Undoing

Apart Keeping Mend Quiet Rend Sew Silence Silent Speak Stitching Talk Tear Time Together Undoing

Apart Keeping Mend Quiet Rend Sew Silence Silent Speak Stitching Talk Tear Time Together Undoing
Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verse 7

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