THEOSISEcclesiastes 3:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
עֵ֤ת לִבְכּוֹת֙ וְעֵ֣ת לִשְׂח֔וֹק עֵ֥ת סְפ֖וֹד וְעֵ֥ת רְקֽוֹד׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Rom 12:15Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.
- Jas 4:9Be afflicted and mourn and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into sorrow.
- John 16:20Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
- John 16:22So also you now indeed have sorrow: but I will see you again and your heart shall rejoice. And your joy no man shall take from you.
- Ps 30 (29):5
- Ex 15:20So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Ps 126 (125):1
- Ps 126 (125):2