Ecclesiastes 3:4
Verse 4 of 22. The 3rd of 12 chapters in Ecclesiastes, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:4 in the World English Bible
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;Read Ecclesiastes 3:4 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:4
The scope of these verses is to show, 1. That we live in a world of changes, that the several events of time, and conditions of human life, are vastly different from one another, and yet occur promiscuously, and we are continually passing and repassing between them, as in the revolutions of every day and every year.
Read Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:1–10: Mutability of Human Affairs.
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