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.
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 →