Ecclesiastes 3:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”
Ecclesiastes 3:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 3:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 3:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.”
Ecclesiastes 3:8 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. ”
Ecclesiastes 3:8 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.”
Ecclesiastes 3:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace. ”
Ecclesiastes 3:8 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“A time to loue, and a time to hate: a time of warre, and a time of peace.”
Ecclesiastes 3:8 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:8 in Context — Ecclesiastes 3
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 3:8 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 3:8 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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