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Keil & Delitzsch, on Eccl 3:8
Keil & Delitzsch · 1861–1875
Eccl 3:8 · Douay-Rheims
“A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.”
On this verse:
“"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.).”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.