KJV King James Version
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
WEB World English Bible
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
ASV American Standard Version
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
Surrounding context — Ecclesiastes 3
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, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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Psalm 30:5For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.James 4:9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.Psalm 126:1-2A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.Psalm 126:5-6They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.John 16:20-22Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.2 Corinthians 7:10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.Luke 6:21-25Blessed [are ye] that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are ye] that weep now: for ye shall laugh.Luke 1:58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.Luke 1:13-14But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.Matthew 11:17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.Matthew 9:15And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.2 Samuel 6:16And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.Genesis 21:6And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all that hear will laugh with me.Nehemiah 8:9-12And Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.Isaiah 22:12-13And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:Nehemiah 9:1-38Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
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