Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

The heart of the wise, is in the house of mourning, but, the heart of dullards, in the house of mirth.

New American Standard Bible

The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning,
While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.

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

The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning,
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.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
of the wise
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 137

is in the house
בּית 
Bayith 
בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053
Usage: 2053

H60
אבל 
'ebel 
Usage: 24

of fools
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

References

Context Readings

People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them

3 Better is grief than laughter, - for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart. 4 The heart of the wise, is in the house of mourning, but, the heart of dullards, in the house of mirth. 5 Better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for any man to hear the song of dullards,


Cross References

1 Samuel 25:36

And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply, - so she told him nothing - less or more, until the light of the morning.

1 Samuel 30:16

So he brought him down, and lo! they were left to themselves over the face of all the land, - eating, and drinking, and dancing around, for all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

2 Samuel 13:28

Now Absolom had commanded his young men, saying - Mark, I pray you, when the heart of Amnon is merry with wine, and I say unto you - Smite ye Amnon, then shall ye put him to death, do not fear, - have not, I myself, commanded you? Be bold, and show yourselves to be sons of valour.

1 Kings 20:16

And they went forth at noon. Now, Ben-hadad, was drinking himself drunk, in the pavilions, he and the thirty-two kings helping him.

Nehemiah 2:2-5

Then said the king unto me, Wherefore is thy countenance sad, seeing that, thou, art not sick? this is nothing else, but sadness of heart. Then feared I exceedingly,

Isaiah 21:4

My heart fluttereth, A horror, terrifieth me, - My twilight of pleasure, hath he turned for me into a time of trembling.

Isaiah 53:3-4

Despised was he, and forsaken of men, Man of pains and familiar with sickness, - Yea, like one from whom the face is hidden, Despised, and we esteemed him not.

Jeremiah 51:39

When they are heated, I will spread their banquets, And let them drink that they may become uproarious, So shall they sleep an age-abiding sleep and not wake, - Declareth Yahweh.

Jeremiah 51:57

Then will I make drunk - Her princes and her wise men, Her governors, and her deputies and her heroes, And they shall sleep an age-abiding sleep, and not wake, - Declareth the King, Yahweh of hosts, is his name.

Daniel 5:1-4

Belshazzar the king, made a great feast, to a thousand of his nobles, - and, before the thousand, was drinking, wine.

Daniel 5:30

In that night, was slain - Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans.

Hosea 7:5

In the day of our king, the rulers, have made themselves ill, with the heat of wine, - he hath extended his hand with scoffers.

Nahum 1:10

Though they were like thorns intertwined, and as drunkards drenched with their drink, yet have they been devoured, like stubble fully dry.

Matthew 8:14-16

And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law laid prostrate and in a fever,

Mark 5:38-43

And they come into the house of the synagogue-ruler, and he observeth a tumult, and persons weeping and wailing greatly;

Mark 6:21-29

And, an opportune day arriving, when Herod on his birthday made a feast for his nobles, and for the rulers of thousands and for the first men of Galilee,

Luke 7:12-13

Now, as he drew near unto the gate of the city, then lo! there was being brought forth, one dead, the only-begotten son of his mother, - and, she, was a widow; and, a considerable multitude of the city, was with her.

John 11:31-35

The Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house and consoling her, seeing Mary, that quickly she arose and went out, followed her, supposing that she was withdrawing unto the tomb, that she might weep there.

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