Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for any man to hear the song of dullards,
New American Standard Bible
Than for one to listen to the song of fools.
King James Version
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Holman Bible
than to listen to the song of fools,
International Standard Version
It is better to listen to a wise person's rebuke than to listen to the praise of fools.
A Conservative Version
It is better to hear the rebuke of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
American Standard Version
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Amplified
It is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise man and pursue wisdom
Than for one to listen to the song of fools and pursue stupidity.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools.
Julia Smith Translation
Good to hear the reproof of the wise one, above a man hearing the song of the foolish:
King James 2000
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Better to listen to [the] rebuke of [the] wise than for a man to listen to [the] song of fools.
Modern King James verseion
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It is better to give ear to the chastening of a wise man, than to hear the song of fools.
NET Bible
It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.
New Heart English Bible
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Webster
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
World English Bible
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Youngs Literal Translation
Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than for a man to hear a song of fools,
Interlinear
Towb
Shama`
שׁמע
Shama`
hear, hearken, obey, publish, understand, obedient, diligently, shew, sound, declare, discern, noise, perceive, tell, reported,
Usage: 1158
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them
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, 6 For, as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so, is the laughter of the dullard, - even this, then, was vanity.
Cross References
Psalm 141:5
Let a righteous man smite me - a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head which let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.
Proverbs 15:31-32
The ear that heareth the reproof which giveth life, in the midst of the wise, shall remain.
Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and contempt, are for him that neglecteth correction, but, he that regardeth reproof, shall be honoured.
Psalm 69:12
They who sit in the gate talk against me, - And against me are the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.
Proverbs 9:8
Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 13:13
He that despiseth a matter, shall get pledged thereto, but, he that revereth a commandment, the same shall be recompensed.
Proverbs 17:10
A reproof sinketh more deeply into an intelligent man than a hundred stripes, into a dullard!
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but lavished are the kisses of an enemy.
Revelation 3:19
I, as many as I tenderly love, I convict and put under discipline: be zealous, therefore, and repent.