Ecclesiastes 3:8

Translations

Modern

…a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Traditional

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Literal

…a time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace.

Latin

Tempus dilectionis, et tempus odii; tempus belli, et tempus pacis.

Original

Hebrew

English

…a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Notes

Ecclesiastes 3:2–8

We cannot control when we are born or when we die (Ecclesiastes 8:8), but we must live wisely between those events.
plant and...uproot: Make wise agricultural decisions during the natural seasons.
In ancient Israel, times to kill included capital punishment and war.
During mourning, people in the Near East often tore their clothes.
There is a time to hate, even for God (Psalms 5:5; 11:5).

Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: Wisdom knows that everything has its own time. Both in human activities and in nature (see Ecclesiastes 1:3–7). A wise person knows when to start any activity (Ecclesiastes 8:5). Opportunities do not last long (Ephesians 5:16; Colossians 4:5).

Related verses

Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Ephesians 5:28–29
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
1 Kings 5:4
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.
2 Chronicles 19:2
Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
Psalm 139:21
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
Genesis 14:14–17
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
Joshua 8:1–29
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
Ephesians 3:19
…of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Titus 2:4
In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
2 Samuel 10:6–19
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.

Glossary

Book of Ecclesiastes

Topics

Fighting Back Going to War Hateful People Hating Others Just War Military Service Nation: Peace Given by God Nuclear War Serving in the Military Time Management War: A Time For Warriors Wars

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