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Ecclesiastes 3:8

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6 a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

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

9 What does the worker gain from his toil?

10 I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.

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BSB
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
KJV
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
WEB
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
ASV
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
DARBY
A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.
BLB
a time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace.
ÅB
å elske har sin tid og å hate har sin tid; krig har sin tid og fred har sin tid.
OTB
En tid for å elske og en tid for å hate, en tid for krig og en tid for fred.
B1930
å elske har sin tid og å hate har sin tid; krig har sin tid og fred har sin tid.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ephesians 5:25

    Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Kings 5:4

    But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 139:21

    Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

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  • Revelation 2:2

    I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

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  • 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.

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