A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 3:7 · retained source text
A time to rent, and a time to sow: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.
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sew
Meaning of “sew”
To join or fasten by stitches.
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First occurrence: Ecclesiastes 3:7
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Every verse containing “sew”
And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 13:18 · retained source text
And say, Thus saith the LORD God; Woe to the women that sow pillowes to all arme holes, and make kerchiefes vpon the head of euery stature to hunt soules: Will ye hunt the soules of my people, and will yee saue the soules aliue that come vnto you?
1611 marginal noteOr, elbowes.
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