Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
Bible in Basic English
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 put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
Cross References
Genesis 21:6And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.
2 Samuel 6:16And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.
Nehemiah 9:1Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies.
Psalms 126:1A Song of the going up. When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.
Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.
Isaiah 40:1Give comfort, give comfort, to 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 →