Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷ a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ A time to rend and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak, [Amos 5:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Common English Bible

⁷ a time for tearing and a time for repairing, a time for keeping silent and a time for speaking,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to be silent, and a time to speak.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Ecclesiastes 3:7 Cross References

Genesis 37:29

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

Genesis 37:34

And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

Genesis 44:34

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.

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, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

1 Kings 21:27

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

2 Kings 18:36

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

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, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

2 Kings 6:30

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; (now he was passing by upon the wall;) and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

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 bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

Job 2:13

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: For they saw that his grief was very great.

Psalm 39:2

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

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 36:24

And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Lamentations 3:28

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

Joel 2:13

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God, for he is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and repenteth him of the evil.

Amos 5:13

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Amos 8:3

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.

Micah 7:5

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

Acts 4:20

for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

Acts 9:39

And Peter arose and went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

1 Samuel 10:16

And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.