Ecclesiastes 3:8
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Leeser Tanakh
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 profit hath [now] he that worketh in that wherein he toileth?
Cross References
Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants; born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them into Dan.
Joshua 11:23And Joshua' took the whole land, all just as the Lord had spoken unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
1 Kings 5:4(5:18) But now hath the Lord my God given me rest on every side, there is neither adversary nor evil hinderance.
2 Chronicles 19:2And there came out to meet him Jehu the son of Chanani the seer, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldst thou help the wicked, and love those that hate the Lord? and because of this there is wrath over thee from before the Lord.
Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants.
Ezekiel 16:8But I passed then by thee, and saw thee, and, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread the skirt of my garment over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Eternal, 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 →