(4.) =A time for weeping, and a time for laughing; a time of wailing, and a time of dancing= (there is an alliteration here, and a slight change in construction to the hiphil in the next clause; possibly to mark the close of the first seven pairs). 5 A time to cast away │ (7.) A time to scatter stones stones, and a time to gather │ away, and a time to gather stones together; a time to │ stones again; embrace, and a time to refrain │ from embracing; │ (8.) A time to embrace, and a │ time to refrain from embracing; (5.) =A time for scattering stones, and a time of collecting stones= (does our Lord allude to this, Mark xiii. 2?); =a time for embracing, and a time to refrain from embracing.= 6 A time to ¹get, and a time │ (9.) A time to seek, and a to lose; a time to keep, and a │ time for loss; time to cast away; │ │ (10.) A time to keep, and a ¹ _Or_, seek. │ 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 │ (11.) A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep │ time to sew; silence, and a time to speak; │ │ (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.= 8 A time to love, and a time │ (13.) A time of love, and a to hate; a time of war, and a │ time of hate; time of peace. │ │ (14.) A time of war, and a │ time of peace. (8.) =A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.= (The slight changes in the rendering correspond to changes in construction in the Hebrew, giving a pleasing variety to the whole passage. There is also an observable difference in the second seven pairs, which enumerate acts more emotional and subjective than the first.) 9 What profit hath he that │ What advantage is there to worketh in that wherein he │ the worker by reason of his laboureth? │ own toil?