Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Darby Translation
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 laugh: all that hear will laugh with me.
2 Samuel 6:16And as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.
Nehemiah 9:1And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
Psalms 126:1{A Song of degrees.} When Jehovah turned the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing [of what shall be] after him.
Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith 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 →