Ecclesiastes 7:4
What does Ecclesiastes 7:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 7:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The heart of the wise <FI>is<Fi> in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 7:12
Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
- Mark 5:38
And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he beholdeth a tumult, and many weeping and wailing greatly.
- 1 Samuel 30:16
And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
- Isaiah 53:3
He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
- 1 Kings 20:16
And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
- Daniel 5:30
In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
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