Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 destroy, and a time to build.
Cross References
Genesis 21:6And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.
2 Samuel 6:16And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord: and she despised him in her heart.
Nehemiah 9:1And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
Psalms 126:1They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth
Ecclesiastes 7:14Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.
Isaiah 40:1Be comforted, be comforted, 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 →