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Ecclesiastes 3:4

A tyme to weepe, and a tyme to laugh: a tyme to mourne, & a tyme to daunce.

Bible (Bishops')

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 tyme to slay, and a tyme to make whole: a tyme to breake downe, and a tyme to builde vp.

5A tyme to cast away stones, and a tyme to gather stones together: A tyme to imbrace, and a tyme to refrayne from imbracyng.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:6But Sara sayde: God hath made me to reioyce, so that all that heare, wyll ioy with me.

Ecclesiastes 7:14Use well the tyme of prosperitie, and remember the tyme of misfortune: for God doth so temper the one and the other, that a man can finde nothing els.

Isaiah 40:1Comfort my people [O ye prophetes] comfort 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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