Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 Good is grief above laughter: for in the illness of the face the heart shall be good. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; and the heart of the foolish in the house of gladness. 5 Good to hear the reproof of the wise one, above a man hearing the song of the foolish:
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36
And Abigail will go to Nabal; and behold, to him a drinking in his house as the drinking of a king; and Nabal's heart good with him, and he was intoxicated even greatly; and she announced not to him a word small and great till the light of the morning.
1 Samuel 30:16
And he will bring him down, and behold them spread out upon the face of all the earth, eating and drinking and keeping a festival, for all the great spoil which they took from the land of the rovers, and from the land of Judah.
2 Samuel 13:28
And Absalom will command his boys, saying, See now, when the heart of Amnon is good with wine, and I said to you, Strike Amnon; and kill him; ye shall not be afraid, for I commanded you: be strong and be for sons of strength.
1 Kings 20:16
And they will go forth at noon. And Ben-hadad was drinking strong drink in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings helping him.
Nehemiah 2:2-5
And the king will say to me, Wherefore thy face sad, and thou not being, sick? This nothing but sadness of heart. And I shall be very greatly afraid.
Isaiah 21:4
My heart wandered; trembling made me afraid: the evening twilight of my desire he put to me for fear.
Isaiah 53:3-4
He was despised and forsaken of men; a man of griefs and knowing affliction: and as hiding the faces from him; he was despised and we regarded him not
Jeremiah 51:39
In their heat I will set their drinkings, and I made them drunken so that they shall exult, and sleep an eternal sleep, and they shall not rouse up, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 51:57
And I made drunk her chiefs and her wise, her prefects and her rulers, and her strong ones: and they shall sleep an eternal sleep, and they shall not rise up, says the King, Jehovah of armies his name.
Daniel 5:1-4
Belshazzar the king made great food for a thousand of his nobles, and before the thousand he drank wine.
Daniel 5:30
In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was killed.
Hosea 7:5
The day of our king the chiefs began anger from wine; stretching forth his hand with mockers.
Nahum 1:10
For even to thorns surrounding them, and drinking to excess as drunkards, they shall be devoured as straw fully dried up.
Matthew 8:14-16
And Jesus, having come into Peter's house, saw his mother-in-law having been laid up, and affected with fever.
Mark 5:38-43
And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sees an uproar, they weeping and wailing much.
Mark 6:21-29
And a convenient day having come, when Herod in the festivities of his birthday made a supper to his leading persons,, and to the captains of thousands, and to the first of Galilee;
Luke 7:12-13
And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, he dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow; and a sufficient crowd of the city was with her.
John 11:31-35
Then the Jews being in the house with her, and consoling her, having seen Mary, that she rose quickly and went forth, followed her, saying, That she retires to the tomb, that she might weep there.