Ecclesiastes 3:4

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What does Ecclesiastes 3:4 mean?

Ecclesiastes 3:4 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 3:4

• Romans 12:15

  Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

• Psalms 30:5

  For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

• James 4:9

  Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

• John 16:20-22

  Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

• Psalms 126:1-2

  A Song of degrees. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

• Psalms 126:5-6

  They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

• Exodus 15:20

  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.

• Luke 1:58

  And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

• Luke 6:21-25

  Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. …

• 2 Corinthians 7:10

  For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

• Matthew 9:15

  And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber 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.

• 2 Samuel 6:16

  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.

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Context

• Ecclesiastes 3:3

  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

• Ecclesiastes 3:4

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

• Ecclesiastes 3:5

  A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

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