Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
Young's Literal Translation
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 slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up.
Cross References
Genesis 21:6and Sarah saith, 'God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.'
2 Samuel 6:16and it hath come to pass, the ark of Jehovah hath come in to the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul, hath looked through the window, and seeth king David moving and dancing before Jehovah, and despiseth him in her heart.
Nehemiah 9:1And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them;
Psalms 126:1A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back [to] the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.
Ecclesiastes 7:14In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything 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 →