Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
In Context
3a time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up,
Cross References
Genesis 21:6And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.
2 Samuel 6:16And it was so, as the ark of LORD came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
Nehemiah 9:1Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
Psalms 126:1When LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider. Yea, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, says your God.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →