Ecclesiastes 3:4
An et (season) to weep, 1 and an et (season) to laugh; 1 an et (season) to mourn, 1 and an et (season) to dance; 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
Cross References
Genesis 21:6And she said, Elohim hath brought me tzechok (laughter), so that all that hear yitzchak (will laugh) with me.
2 Samuel 6:16And as the Aron Hashem came into Ir Dovid, Michal Bat Sha'ul looked through a chalon (window), and saw Dovid HaMelech leaping and dancing before Hashem; and she despised him in her lev.
Nehemiah 9:1Now in the 24th day of this month the Bnei Yisroel were assembled with a tzom, with sack-cloth, and adamah upon them.
Psalms 126:1(Shir HaMa'alot [Song of Ascents]) 1 we were like the cholemim (them that dream). 1
Ecclesiastes 7:14In the yom tovah be joyful, but in the yom ra'ah consider: HaElohim also hath set the one over against the other in such a way that adam may not find out anything that will come after him.
Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith Eloheichem. 1
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 →