And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
Ecclesiastes 3:4 - King James 2000 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, American Standard Version (1901) a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; Common English Bible a time for crying and a time for laughing, a time for mourning and a time for dancing, Catholic Public Domain Version A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. |
And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
And 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.
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
For his anger endures but for a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
And 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.
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing that will come after him.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
And saying, We have piped unto you, and you have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and you have not lamented.
And Jesus said unto them, Can the friends of the bridegroom 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.
And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be regretted: but the sorrow of the world works death.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.