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No, I don't think it's a betrayal in this instance. The concept of 'time' here needs to be read within the context of the whole book. From Ecc 3, it's clear that there are many times that humans experience, and each comes at a particular time, but humans
have little control over them. Within this larger context, humans not knowing their time makes perfect sense. If you take the verse on its own without the context, it doesn't necessarily convey everything. However, in English, it is common to talk about someone's
'time', and it is rhetorically understood to refer to death.
GEORGE ATHAS Dean of Research,
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
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