Ecclesiastes 3:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rend - i. e., Tear garments in sign of mourning or anger. See 2 Samuel 1:2 , 2 Samuel 1:11 ff.
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

From one point of view this section may be entitled In Praise of Opportunism, from another Human Helplessness. Every action in which man can engage has its allotted season, but who can be sure th...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to rend. 1 Samuel 15:27 ; 1 Samuel 15:28 . 1Ki 11:11, 1 Kings 11:31 ; 1 Kings 12:31 ; 1 Kings 14:8 ; Joel 2:13 . Joh 19:24. to sew . to join together, adjust. Spoken of kingdom, as "rending...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to rend, - sew, - keep silence, - speak - - "Intestine broils And factions rend a state: at length the breach...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to rend - garments, in mourning ( Joel 2:13 ). Figurative, nations, as Israel from Judah, already foreto...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Practical Ideal. Acceptance of the Universal Scheme 1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set himself is not yet solved. He has found that wisdom, culture, pleasure, ar...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

And the Conviction that it is opposed to the Will of God as expressed in the Ordinances of his Providence , Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 This is one help to a wise content with our lot; but he has many mo...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he has been able to take. He now gives us some of the results of tha...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: (2) A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; (3) A time to k...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A time to rend, and a time to sew ,.... To rend garments, in case of blasphemy, and in times of mourning and fasting, and then to sew them up when they are over; see Isaiah 37:1 ; This the Jews app...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; Ver. 7. A time to rend, and a time to sew. ] As in making a new or translating an old garment. Turks wonder at the E...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A time to die And as there is a time to die , so there is a time to rise again, a set time, when they that lie in the grave shall be remembered. A time to kill When men die a violent death. A t...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A time to rend; when men shall rend their garments, as they did in great and sudden griefs, as Genesis 37:29 Joel 2:13 . A time to keep silence; wherein men will or shall be silent, either t...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

There is a Time for Everything In Its Place ( Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ). Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ‘To everything there is a fixed season, and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 3:1 . Season-time.] Season signifies a certain period or term; time denotes a division of time in general. Ecclesiastes 3:2 . A time to plant, &c. ] Used in...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 I. Not only has God made everything, but there is a beauty in this arrangement where all is fortuitous to us, but all is fixed by Him. "He hath made everything beautiful in its...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 3:1 . To every thing there is a season. The seasons of the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9 ., divides the times into twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the hus...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

To everything there is a season. Times and seasons in the Church The principle which Solomon asserts, and which is of extreme importance in all matters connected with our practical life in this...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 3:1-21 Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how Providence arranges even the minutes...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Dependence of Man Upon the Course of NatuRev. 1. To everything, all that men undertake or do on earth, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven, under the government a...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:27 ; 1 Samuel 19:4 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 25:24-44 ; 2 Kings 5:7 ; 2 Kings 6:30 ; 2 Samuel 1:11 ; 2 Samuel 3:31 ; Acts 4:20 ; Acts 9:39 ; Amos 5:13 ; Amos 8:3 ; Esther 4:1...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

What Is Good in This Life Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 ; Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come now to the second great question in the Book of Ecclesiastes. It is expressed in Chapter s 6 an...
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To rent — When men rend their garments, as they did in great and sudden griefs.

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes