Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time of crying, and a time of laughing. A time of mourning, and a time of dancing.
Free Bible Version
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 of killing, and a time of healing. A time of tearing down, and a time of building up.
Cross References
Genesis 21:6Sarah declared, “God has made me laugh, and all those who hear about this will laugh with me.”
2 Samuel 6:16As the Ark of the Lord was carried into the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked down from a window. She watched King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she really loathed him.
Nehemiah 9:1On the twenty-fourth day of this same month, the Israelites met together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
Psalms 126:1When the Lord brought his people back from captivity to Zion, it was as if we were dreaming!
Ecclesiastes 7:14On a good day, be happy. When a bad day comes, stop and think. God made each day, so you don't know what will happen to you next.
Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, yes comfort 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 →