Parallel Verses
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.
International Standard Version
a time to love, and a time to hate; 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 sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8
A time for war and a time for peace.
Cross References
Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Genesis 14:14-17
When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Joshua 8:1-29
And the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land.
Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.
2 Samuel 10:6-19
When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob, 12,000 men.
1 Kings 5:4
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune.
2 Chronicles 19:2
But Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the LORD.
2 Chronicles 20:1-30
After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle.
Psalm 139:21
Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
Ezekiel 16:8
"When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
Ephesians 3:19
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Ephesians 5:28-29
In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Titus 2:4
and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
Revelation 2:2
"'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.