Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
Noyes Bible
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 breaking down, and a time to build up.
Cross References
Psalms 126:1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up.” When the LORD brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like them that dream.
Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity be joyful; but look for a day of adversity! for this also, as well as the other, hath God appointed, to the end that a man should not find out any thing which shall be 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 →