# Ecclesiastes 03 General Notes #

#### Structure and formatting ####

Some translations indent each line of poetry to make it easier to read. The ULB does this with the poetry in 3:1-8 and 3:15.


#### Important figures of speech in this chapter ####

##### Parallelism #####
The chapter uses parallelism with the phrase, "a time to." This gives the quotation a poetic style. Their overall purpose is to show that Yahweh directs the events of the world and therefore, they have purpose. 

## Links: ##

* __[Ecclesiastes 03:01 Notes](./01.md)__

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