Ecclesiastes 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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" is: Ezekiel 37:15; Ezekiel 37:22, and references there. Compare Ezra 4:12, margin.

to keep silence. Leviticus 10:3.Psalms 32:2. Amo 5:13. 1 Timothy 2:11; 1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Peter 2:15. Compare Deu t. Ecc 3:26. Luke 1:22; Luke 4:41.

to speak. Exodus 7:2. Num 22:8. 2 Samuel 7:17; Psalms 2:5; Psalms 145:6; Psalms 145:11; Psalms 145:21.Ezekiel 2:7; Luke 1:19; Luke 1:20; John 16:13.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

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