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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 3:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ec 3:4 |
Strong Concordance |
A time [06256] to weep [01058], and a time [06256] to laugh [07832]; a time [06256] to mourn [05594], and a time [06256] to dance [07540]; |
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King James |
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
mourn--namely, for the dead (Gen 23:2).
dance--as David before the ark (Sa2 6:12-14; Psa 30:11); spiritually (Mat 9:15; Luk 6:21; Luk 15:25). The Pharisees, by requiring sadness out of time, erred seriously. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
"To weep has its time, and to laugh has its time; to mourn has its time, and to dance has its time." It is possible that the author was led by the consonance from livnoth to livkoth, which immediately follows it; but the sequence of the thoughts is at the same time inwardly mediated, for sorrow kills and joy enlivens, Sir. 32:21-24. ספוד is particularly lamentation for the dead, Zac 12:10; and רקוד, dancing (in the more modern language the usual word for hholēl, kirkēr, hhāgǎg) at a marriage festival and on other festal occasions.
It is more difficult to say what leads the author to the two following pairs of contrasts: - |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| To weep - When men have just occasion for weeping. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A time to weep, - laugh, - mourn, - dance -
- "When private griefs affect
The heart, our tears with decent sorrow flow;
Nor less becoming, when the public mourns,
To vent the deepest sighs. But all around
When things a smiling aspect bear, our souls
May well exult; 'tis then a time for joy." |
25 Now [1161] his [846] elder [4245] son [5207] was [2258] in [1722] the field [68]: and [2532] as [5613] he came [2064] and drew nigh [1448] to the house [3614], he heard [191] musick [4858] and [2532] dancing [5525].
21 Blessed [3107] are ye that hunger [3983] now [3568]: for [3754] ye shall be filled [5526]. Blessed [3107] are ye that weep [2799] now [3568]: for [3754] ye shall laugh [1070].
15 And [2532] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto them [846], Can [3361] [1410] the children [5207] of the bridechamber [3567] mourn [3996], as long as [1909] [3745] the bridegroom [3566] is [2076] with [3326] them [846]? but [1161] the days [2250] will come [2064], when [3752] the bridegroom [3566] shall be taken [522] from [575] them [846], and [2532] then [5119] shall they fast [3522].
11 Thou hast turned [02015] for me my mourning [04553] into dancing [04234]: thou hast put off [06605] my sackcloth [08242], and girded [0247] me with gladness [08057];
12 And it was told [05046] king [04428] David [01732], saying [0559], The LORD [03068] hath blessed [01288] the house [01004] of Obededom [05654], and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark [0727] of God [0430]. So David [01732] went [03212] and brought up [05927] the ark [0727] of God [0430] from the house [01004] of Obededom [05654] into the city [05892] of David [01732] with gladness [08057].
13 And it was so, that when they that bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] had gone [06805] six [08337] paces [06806], he sacrificed [02076] oxen [07794] and fatlings [04806].
14 And David [01732] danced [03769] before [06440] the LORD [03068] with all his might [05797]; and David [01732] was girded [02296] with a linen [0906] ephod [0646].
2 And Sarah [08283] died [04191] in Kirjatharba [07153]; the same is Hebron [02275] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]: and Abraham [085] came [0935] to mourn [05594] for Sarah [08283], and to weep [01058] for her.
10 And I will pour [08210] upon the house [01004] of David [01732], and upon the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], the spirit [07307] of grace [02580] and of supplications [08469]: and they shall look [05027] upon me whom they have pierced [01856], and they shall mourn [04553] for him, as one mourneth [05594] for his only [03173] son, and shall be in bitterness [04843] for him, as one that is in bitterness [04843] for his firstborn [01060].