Ecclesiastes 3:6
“A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
A time to get, and a time to lose,.... To get substance, as the Targum, and to lose it; wealth and riches, honour and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Get ... lose - Rather, seek, and a time to give up for lost.
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ecclesiastes 3:1-10
The scope of these verses is to show, 1. That we live in a world of changes, that the several events of time, and…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
A time to get, and a time to lose The getting or the losing refer primarily, we can scarcely doubt, to what we call…
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