Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Leeser Tanakh
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 me joy, whoever heareth it will laugh concerning me.
2 Samuel 6:16And it happened, as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
Nehemiah 9:1And on the twenty and fourth day of this month were the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackclothes, and with earth upon them.
Psalms 126:1“A song of the degrees.” When the Lord bringeth back again the captivity of Zion, then shall we be like dreamers.
Ecclesiastes 7:14On the day of prosperity be happy, but on the day of adversity look on: also this hath God made in equal measure with the other, to the end that man should not find the least to censure 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 →