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C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on Ecclesiastes 3:8

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Browse this work.

Ecclesiastes3:8

Ecc 3:8 “To love has its time, and to hate has its time; war has its time, and peace has its time.” In the two pairs of contrasts here, the contents of the first are, not exclusively indeed (Psa 120:7), but yet chiefly referred to the mutual relations of peoples. It is the result of thoughtful intention that the quodlibet of 2 x 7 pairs terminates this for and against in “peace;” and, besides, the author has made the termination emphatic by this, that here “instead of infinitives, he introduces proper nouns” (Hitz.).

C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, Ecclesiastes 3:8. Public domain.

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