Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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 Sorrow [is] better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good. 4 The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth. 5 Better to listen to [the] rebuke of [the] wise than for a man to listen to [the] song of fools.


Cross References

1 Samuel 25:36

Then Abigail went to Nabal, and look, {he was holding a feast} in his house like the feast of the king. {Nabal was enjoying himself}, and he [was] very drunk, so she did not tell him a thing, {nothing at all}, until the light of morning.

1 Samuel 30:16

So he took him down, and {there they were}, spread out over the surface of all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all of the abundant plunder which they had taken from the land of [the] Philistines and from the land of Judah.

2 Samuel 13:28

Absalom commanded his servants, saying, "Please watch. At the moment the heart of Amnon [is] {tipsy} with wine, then I shall say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' and you shall kill him! Don't be afraid. [Is] it not I myself who has commanded you? Be courageous and be {valiant!}

1 Kings 20:16

They went out at noon while Ben-Hadad [was] drinking [himself] drunk in the tents, he and the thirty-two kings helping him.

Nehemiah 2:2-5

So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad since you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart." And I was very much afraid.

Isaiah 21:4

My {mind} staggers; fear terrifies me; the twilight {I desired} {brought} me fear.

Isaiah 53:3-4

[He was] despised and rejected [by] men, a man of suffering, and acquainted with sickness, and like {one from whom others hide their faces}, [he was] despised, and we did not hold him in high regard.

Jeremiah 51:39

At their becoming hot I will set their banquets, and I will make them drunk, so that they will fall into a swoon, and they will sleep {an everlasting sleep}, and they will not wake up," {declares} Yahweh.

Jeremiah 51:57

"And I will make drunk her officials, and her wise men, her governors, and her officials, and her warriors, and they will sleep {an everlasting sleep}, and they will not wake up," {declares} the King, Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.

Daniel 5:1-4

Belshazzar the king made a great festival for thousand [of] his lords, and {in the presence of} the thousand [lords] he was drinking wine.

Daniel 5:30

{That same night} Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.

Hosea 7:5

[On] the day of our king, the princes became sick [with] the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.

Nahum 1:10

For like entangled thorns, and like their drink which is drunk, they will be consumed like fully dry chaff.

Matthew 8:14-16

And [when] Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down and suffering with a fever.

Mark 5:38-43

And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and saw a commotion, and [people] weeping and wailing loudly.

Mark 6:21-29

And a suitable day came when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers and military tribunes and the most prominent [men] of Galilee.

Luke 7:12-13

And as he approached the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, his mother's only son, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

John 11:31-35

So the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, [when they] saw Mary--that she stood up quickly and went out--followed her, [because they] thought that she was going to the tomb in order to weep there.

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