Ecclesiastes 3:8
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
American King James Version (AKJV)
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
American Standard Version (ASV)
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
Webster's Revision
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
World English Bible
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
English Revised Version (ERV)
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Clarke's Ecclesiastes 3:8 Bible Commentary
A time to love, - hate, - of war, - of peace -
"Love turns to hatred; interest or caprice
Dissolves the firmest knot by friendship tied.
O'er rival nations, with revenge inflamed,
Or lust of power, fell Discord shakes awhile
Her baleful torch: now smiling Peace returns."
The above paraphrase on the verses cited contains a general view of the principal occurrences of time, in reference to the human being, from his cradle to his grave, through all the operations of life.
Wesley's Ecclesiastes 3:8 Bible Commentary
3:8 To love - When God stirs up love, or gives occasion for the exercise of it.