# Ecclesiastes 03 General Notes #

#### Structure and formatting ####

Some translations prefer to set apart extended quotations, prayers, or songs. The ULB and many other English translations indent the lines of this chapter, which is an extended quotation.

#### 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. 

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

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