Ecclesiastes 3:8
A time to love, || And a time to hate. A time of war, || And a time of peace.
Literal Standard Version
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 tear, || And a time to sew. A time to be silent, || And a time to speak.
9What advantage does the doer have in that which he is laboring at?
Cross References
Genesis 14:14And Abram hears that his brother has been taken captive, and he draws out his trained servants, three hundred and eighteen, and pursues to Dan.
Joshua 11:23And Joshua takes the whole of the land, according to all that YHWH has spoken to Moses, and Joshua gives it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes; and the land has rest from war.
1 Kings 5:4And now, my God YHWH has given rest to me all around, there is no adversary nor evil occurrence,
2 Chronicles 19:2and Jehu son of Hanani the seer goes out to his presence and says to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you love to give help to the wicked and to those hating YHWH? And for this, wrath [is] against you from before YHWH,
Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate His people, || To conspire against His servants.
Ezekiel 16:8And I pass over by you, and I see you, || And behold, your time [is] a time of loves, || And I spread My skirt over you, || And I cover your nakedness, || And I swear to you, and come into a covenant with you, || A declaration of Lord YHWH, || And you become 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 →