Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
New American Standard Bible
A time for war and a time for peace.
King James Version
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Holman Bible
a time for war and a time for peace.
A Conservative Version
a time to love, and a time to hate, a time for war, and a time for peace.
American Standard Version
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Amplified
A time to love and a time to hate;
A time for war and a time for peace.
Bible in Basic English
A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
Darby Translation
A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.
Julia Smith Translation
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace:
King James 2000
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Lexham Expanded Bible
a time to love and a time to hate; a time [for] war and a time [for] peace.
Modern King James verseion
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace.
NET Bible
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
New Heart English Bible
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
The Emphasized Bible
A time to love and a time to hate, - A time of war, and a time of peace.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 3:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities
7 a time to tear, and a time to mend; a time to be silent, and a time to speak; 8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. 9 What benefit does the worker gain from what he undertakes?
Cross References
Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple.
Genesis 14:14-17
When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken prisoner, he gathered together 318 of his trained men, who had been born in his household, and they went out in pursuit as far as Dan.
Joshua 8:1-29
The LORD then told Joshua, "Don't be afraid or lose heart! Take all the fighting men with you, and go up right now to Ai. Take note that I have handed over the king of Ai into your control, along with his people, his city, and his land.
Joshua 11:23
Joshua conquered the entire land, in accordance with everything that the LORD had told Moses. Joshua presented it as an inheritance to Israel, dividing it according to tribal allotments. Then the land enjoyed rest from war.
2 Samuel 10:6-19
When the Ammonites realized that they had created quite a stink with David, they hired 20,000 Aramean mercenaries from Beth-rehob and Zobah, along with the king of Maacah and 1,000 men, and 12,000 men from Tob.
1 Kings 5:4
But now the LORD has given me rest all around, since I have neither foreign adversaries nor domestic crises.
2 Chronicles 19:2
where Hanani's son Jehu, the seer, went out to meet him. He asked King Jehoshaphat, "Should you be helping those who are wicked, yes or no? Should you love those who hate the LORD? Wrath is headed your way directly from the LORD because of this.
2 Chronicles 20:1-30
Sometime after these events, the Moabites and the Ammonites, accompanied by some other descendants of Ammon, attacked Jehoshaphat and started a war.
Psalm 139:21
I hate those who hate you, LORD, do I not? I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not ?
Ezekiel 16:8
"When I passed by you again, I looked at you, and noticed that it was your proper time for love. I spread my cloak over you to cover your nakedness. I made a solemn promise to you and entered into a covenant with you," declares the Lord GOD. "You belong to me.
Ephesians 3:19
that is, you will know the love of the Messiah which transcends knowledge, and will be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives as the Messiah loved the church and gave himself for it,
Ephesians 5:28-29
In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.
Titus 2:4
They should encourage the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Revelation 2:2
"I know what you've been doing, your toil, and your endurance. I also know that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles, but are not, and have found them to be false.