Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'
2 Samuel 6:16And it was so, as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
Nehemiah 9:1Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
Psalms 126:1A Song of Ascents. When the LORD brought back those that returned to Zion, we were like unto them that dream.
Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God hath made even the one as well as the other, to the end that man should find nothing 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 →