Ecclesiastes 3:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ There is a time to cry,\par and a time to laugh.\par There is a time to be sad,\par and a time to dance from joy.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Common English Bible

⁴ a time for crying and a time for laughing, a time for mourning and a time for dancing,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 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

⁴ A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

Ecclesiastes 3:4 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, “God has made me happy. Every person who hears about this will be happy with me.

2 Samuel 6:16

Saul’s daughter Michal was looking out the window. While the Lord’s Holy Box was being carried into the city, David was jumping and dancing before the Lord. Michal saw this, and she was upset at David. {She thought he was making a fool of himself.}

Psalm 30:11

\{I prayed and you helped me!\}\par You changed my crying into dancing.\par You took away my clothes of sadness.\par And you wrapped me in happiness.\par

Psalm 30:5

God was angry,\par so the decision was “death.”\par But he showed his love,\par and gave me “life.”\par At night,\par I lay crying.\par The next morning,\par I was happy and singing!\par

Exodus 15:20

Then Aaron’s sister, the woman prophet Miriam, took a tambourine. Miriam and the women began singing and dancing. Miriam repeated the words,

Ecclesiastes 3:5

There is a time to throw weapons down,\par and a time to pick them up. {\cf2\super [15]} \par There is a time to hug someone,\par and a time to stop holding so tightly.\par

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When life is good, enjoy it. But when life is hard, remember that God gives us good times and hard times. And no one knows what will happen in the future.\par

Isaiah 40:1

Your God says,\par “Comfort, comfort my people!\par

Isaiah 40:2

Speak kindly to Jerusalem!\par Tell Jerusalem,\par ‘Your time of service is finished.\par You have paid the price for your sins.’”\par The Lord punished Jerusalem—\par twice for every sin she did.\par

Matthew 11:17

‘We played flute music for you,\par but you did not dance;\par we sang a sad song,\par but you were not sad.’\par

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “\{When there is a wedding,\} the friends of the bridegroom {\cf2\super [110]} are not sad while he is with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will leave them. The friends are sad when the bridegroom leaves. Then they will fast. {\cf2\super [111]}

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord (God) was very good to her. They were happy for her.

Romans 12:15

When other people are happy, you should be happy with them. And when other people are sad, you should be sad with them.

2 Corinthians 7:10

Being sorry like God wants makes a person change his heart and life. This leads a person to salvation, and we cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has will bring death.

James 4:9

Be sad, be sorry, and cry! Change your laughter into crying. Change your joy into sadness.