Ecclesiastes 7:6

Ecclesiastes chapter 7 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

King James Version · 1611

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

American Standard Version · 1901

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

v.5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

v.6This passage

v.7Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

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;