Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
As is customary in Ecclesiastes, the writer began this section by stating a thesis (Ecclesiastes 3:1). He then proceeded to illustrate and to prove it true (Ecclesiastes 3:2-8). "Event" (Ecclesiastes 3:1) means human activity that one engages in by deliberate choice. Each of these events has its proper time and duration."Qohelet now raises a subject characteristic of ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature-the proper time. After all, it is the wise person who knows the right time to say or to do... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:8
8. hate—for example, sin, lusts (Luke 14:26); that is, to love God so much more as to seem in comparison to hate "father or mother," when coming between us and God. a time of war . . . peace— (Luke 14:31). read more