Ecclesiastes 3:4

In 11 translations

BSB

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

KJV

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

WEB

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

ASV

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

LSV

A time to weep, || And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, || And a time to skip.

YLT

A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.

DBY

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance;

DRC

A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

GNV

A time to weepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, and a time to dance.

JPS

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

LXXE

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;

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Original-language editions

WLC

עֵ֤ת לִבְכּוֹת֙ וְעֵ֣ת לִשְׂח֔וֹק עֵ֥ת סְפ֖וֹד וְעֵ֥ת רְקֽוֹד׃

LXX-Br

Καιρὸς τοῦ κλαῦσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ γελάσαι, καιρὸς τοῦ κόψασθαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ὀρχήσασθαι·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
• Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
• James 4:9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
• Psalms 126:5–6Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
• Psalms 126:1–2When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers. Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for…
• John 16:20–22Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her…
• Luke 6:21–25Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil…
• 2 Corinthians 7:10Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
• Luke 1:58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
• Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
• Matthew 9:15Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
• Luke 1:13–14But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. He will be a joy and delight to you, and many…
• 2 Samuel 6:16As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
• Matthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
• Genesis 21:6Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
• Nehemiah 8:9–12Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as…

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