<P> The song became an international hit in late 1965 when it was adapted by the American folk rock group the Byrds . The single entered the record chart at number 80 on October 23, 1965, before reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on December 4, 1965 . In Canada, it reached number three on Nov. 29, 1965, and also peaking at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart . </P> <P> The lyrics are taken almost verbatim from the book of Ecclesiastes, as found in the King James Version (1611) of the Bible (Ecclesiastes 3: 1 - 8), though the sequence of the words was rearranged for the song . Ecclesiastes is traditionally ascribed to King Solomon who would have written it in the 10th century BC, but believed by a significant group of biblical scholars to date much later, up to the third century BC . </P> <P> To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace . </P> <P> The Biblical text posits there being a time and place for all things: laughter and sorrow, healing and killing, war and peace, and so on . The lines are open to myriad interpretations, but Seeger's song presents them as a plea for world peace because of the closing line: "a time for peace, I swear it's not too late ." This line and the title phrase "Turn! Turn! Turn!" are the only parts of the lyric written by Seeger himself . </P>

There's a time for love and a time for hate