Ecclesiastes 3:6

Ecclesiastes 3:6

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4 A time to ^aweep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;

5 A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
^aA time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;

6 A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;

7 A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
^aA time to keep silence,
And a time to ^bspeak;

8 A time to love,
And a time to ^ahate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.

The God-Given Task

9 ^aWhat profit has the worker from that in which he labors?

10 ^aI have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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time to get—for example, to gain honestly a livelihood (Ephesians 4:23).

lose—When God wills losses to us, then is our time to be content.

keep—not to give to the idle beggar (II Thessalonians 3:10).

cast away—in charity (Proverbs 11:24); or to part with the dearest object, rather than the soul (Mark 9:43). To be careful is right in its place, but not when it comes between us and Jesus Christ (Luke 10:40-42).

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