Psalms 30:11

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,”

— WEB

“Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;”

— KJV

“Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;”

— ASV

Jeremiah 31:4 "I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in th…"
Ecclesiastes 3:4 "a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;"
Jeremiah 31:13-14 "Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort …"
Isaiah 25:8 "He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away …"
2 Chronicles 20:12 "Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. We don’t know what to do, but ou…"
Psalms 149:3 "Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!"
Psalms 150:4 "Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!"
Psalms 30:5 "For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning."

sackcloth--was used, even by kings, in distress (Ch1 21:16; Isa 37:1) but "gladness," used for a garment, shows the language to be figurative.

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