(9.) A time to seek, and a time for loss;

(10.) A time to keep, and a time to cast away;


(6.) A time to seek, and a time to lose (the Masorets consider this a Piel with the sense to destroy); a time for keeping, and a time to cast away.


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

(11.) A time to rend, and a time to sew;

(12.) A time to be silent, and a time for speech;


(7.) A time for rending, and a time for sewing (see Genesis xxxvii. 29, 34); a time for being silent, and a time to speak.