A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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Gill's Exposition
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together,.... To cast stones out of a field or vineyard where they are hurtful, and to gather them together to make walls and fences of, or…
Barnes' Notes
Stones may be regarded either as materials for building, or as impediments to the fertility of land (see 2Ki 3:19, 2Ki 3:25; Isa 5:2).
The scope of these verses is to show, 1. That we live in a world of changes, that the several events of time, and conditions of human life, are vastly different from one another, and yet occur…
Cambridge Bible
A time to cast away stones The vagueness of the phrase has naturally given rise to conjectural interpretations. It seems obvious that the words cannot be a mere reproduction of Ecc 3:4 and therefore…
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