Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh,—A time to wail, and a time to dance for joy;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, A laughing, hath God made for me,—Everyone that heareth will laugh with me.
2 Samuel 6:16Now it so came about that, when the ark of Yahweh entered the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter, looked out through the window, and saw King David, leaping and dancing before Yahweh, and she despised him, in her heart.
Nehemiah 9:1Now, on the twenty-fourth day of this month, were the sons of Israel gathered together, with fasting and with sackcloth, having earth upon them.
Psalms 126:1When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream:
Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but, in the day of misfortune, consider,—Even the one equally with the other, hath God made, to the end man might find out—after him—nothing.
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 →