Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

A time to weep, and a time to laugh, - A time to wail, and a time to dance for joy;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A time
עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296

to weep
בּכה 
Bakah 
Usage: 114

and a time
עת 
`eth 
עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296
Usage: 296

to laugh
שׂחק 
Sachaq 
Usage: 36

a time
עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296

to mourn
ספד 
Caphad 
Usage: 30

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities

3 A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up; 4 A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing; 5 A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;


Cross References

Exodus 15:20

And Miriam, the woman prophet, the sister of Aaron, took an instrument of music in her hand; and all the women went after her with music and dances.

Romans 12:15

Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.

2 Samuel 6:16

And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

Nehemiah 8:9-12

And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.

Nehemiah 9:1-38

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies.

Psalm 126:1-2

When the Lord made a change in Zion's fate, we were like men in a dream.

Isaiah 22:12-13

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

Matthew 11:17

We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.

Luke 1:13-14

But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

Luke 1:58

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

Luke 6:21-25

Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

John 16:20-22

Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death.

James 4:9

Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.

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