Ecclesiastes 7:6
What does Ecclesiastes 7:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 7:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So <FI>is<Fi> the laughter of a fool, even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 118:12
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
- Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
- Isaiah 65:13
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame;
- Psalms 58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
- Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
- Jude 1:12
These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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