A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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Gill's Exposition
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 Isa 37:1; This the Jews apply to…
Barnes' Notes
Rend - i. e., Tear garments in sign of mourning or anger. See 2Sa 1:2, 2Sa 1:11 ff.
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 rent, and a time to sew The words are commonly connected with the practice of rending the garments as a sign of sorrow (Gen 37:29; Gen 37:34; Gen 44:13; Job 1:20; 2Sa 1:2) and sewing them up…
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