“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.”
- Date
- 1611
- English wording
- King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
Meaning of “A time to weep, and a time to…”
Different seasons of life call for different emotional responses; mourning is not a permanent failure but one legitimate part of human time.
Where does it come from?
Ecclesiastes 3:4 in the King James Version.