KJV King James Version
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
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Psalm 30:11
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
WEB World English Bible
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
ASV American Standard Version
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy.
Surrounding context — Psalm 30
8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
9 What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
12 To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
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Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;Jeremiah 31:13-14Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.2 Chronicles 20:12O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes [are] upon thee.Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].Psalm 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.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.Psalm 150:4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.Luke 15:22But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put [it] on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on [his] feet:Psalm 126:1-2A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.Isaiah 61:3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels.2 Samuel 6:14And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.John 16:20Verily, 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.Psalm 4:7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased.Revelation 7:14-17And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.2 Chronicles 20:9If, [when] evil cometh upon us, [as] the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name [is] in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
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