Ecclesiastes 3:8
A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
In Context
7A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
9What hath man more of his labour?
Cross References
Genesis 14:14Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the servants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen well appointed: and pursued them to Dan.
Joshua 11:23So Josue took all the land, as the Lord spoke to Moses, and delivered it in possession to the children of Israel, according to their divisions and tribes. And the land rested from wars.
1 Kings 5:4But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about: and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence.
2 Chronicles 19:2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer met him, and said to him: Thou helpest the ungodly, and thou art joined in friendship with them that hate the Lord, and therefore thou didst deserve indeed the wrath of the Lord:
Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
Ezekiel 16:8And I passed by thee, and saw thee: and behold thy time was the time of lovers : and I spread my garment over thee, and covered thy ignominy. And I swore to thee, and I entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God: and thou becamest mine.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →