Graphic Bible · Scene 5 of 11

Hands sort retained objects from discarded ones beside a torn cloth being sewn; no invented exchange of speech.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Ecclesiastes 3:6-7

Keeping and Letting Go

Times, Justice, and the Same Breath · Ecclesiastes 3

Story guide: Interpretive visual essay. Anonymous figures and settings illustrate this passage; they are not identified historical people.

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6A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away.

7A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.

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