Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
New American Standard Bible
While the
King James Version
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Holman Bible
but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.
International Standard Version
For the wise person thinks carefully when in mourning, but fools focus their thoughts on pleasure.
A Conservative Version
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
American Standard Version
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Amplified
The heart of the wise [learns when it] is in the house of mourning,
But the heart of fools is [senseless] in the house of pleasure.
Darby Translation
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.
Julia Smith Translation
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; and the heart of the foolish in the house of gladness.
King James 2000
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.
Modern King James verseion
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of laughter.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The heart of the wise is in the mourning house; but the heart of the foolish is in the house of mirth.
NET Bible
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of merrymaking.
New Heart English Bible
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
The Emphasized Bible
The heart of the wise, is in the house of mourning, but, the heart of dullards, in the house of mirth.
Webster
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
World English Bible
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Youngs Literal Translation
The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.
Themes
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A proof of folly
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Indulgence in is » A proof of folly
Interlinear
Leb
Bayith
בּית
Bayith
house, household, home, within, temple, prison, place, family, families , dungeon,
Usage: 2053
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References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them
3 Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better. 4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy. 5 It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36
And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.
1 Samuel 30:16
And when he had taken him down, they saw them all, seated about on all sides, feasting and drinking among all the mass of goods which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
2 Samuel 13:28
Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.
1 Kings 20:16
And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.
Nehemiah 2:2-5
And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;
Isaiah 21:4
My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.
Isaiah 53:3-4
Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
Jeremiah 51:39
When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:57
And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.
Daniel 5:1-4
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.
Daniel 5:30
That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.
Hosea 7:5
On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
Nahum 1:10
For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.
Matthew 8:14-16
And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.
Mark 5:38-43
And they came to the house of the ruler of the Synagogue; and he saw people running this way and that, and weeping and crying loudly.
Mark 6:21-29
And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
Luke 7:12-13
Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.
John 11:31-35
Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.