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Amplified


For like the crackling of [burning] thorn bushes under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool;
And this too is vanity (futility).

New American Standard Bible

For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool;
And this too is futility.

King James Version

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Holman Bible

for like the crackling of burning thorns under the pot,
so is the laughter of the fool.
This too is futile.

International Standard Version

For as thorns burn to heat a pot, so also is the laughter of the fool even this is pointless.

A Conservative Version

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

American Standard Version

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Bible in Basic English

Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

Darby Translation

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

Julia Smith Translation

For as the voice of thorns under the pot, so the laughter of the foolish one. Also this is vanity.

King James 2000

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!

Modern King James verseion

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the laughing of fools is like the crackling of thorns under a pot. And that is but a vain thing.

NET Bible

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

New Heart English Bible

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

The Emphasized Bible

For, as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so, is the laughter of the dullard, - even this, then, was vanity.

Webster

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

World English Bible

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

Youngs Literal Translation

For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For as the crackling
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

of thorns
סרה סירה סיר 
Ciyr 
Usage: 34

סרה סירה סיר 
Ciyr 
Usage: 34

so is the laughter
שׂחק שׂחוק 
S@chowq 
Usage: 15

of the fool
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

Context Readings

People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them

5
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.
6 
For like the crackling of [burning] thorn bushes under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool;
And this too is vanity (futility).
7
For oppression makes a wise man foolish,
And a bribe corrupts the [good judgment of the] heart.


Cross References

Psalm 58:9


Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.

Psalm 118:12


They swarmed around me like bees;
They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

Proverbs 29:9


If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish and arrogant man,
The foolish man [ignores logic and fairness and] only rages or laughs, and there is no peace (rest, agreement).

Isaiah 65:13-15

Therefore, the Lord God says this,

“Listen carefully, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry;
Indeed, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty;
Indeed, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

Amos 8:10


“And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning
And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung);
And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning].
And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died],
And the end of it shall be like a bitter day.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are well-fed (gorged, satiated) now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now [enjoying a life of self-indulgence], for you will mourn and weep [and deeply long for God].

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony.

2 Peter 2:13-17

suffering wrong [destined for punishment] as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a delight to revel in the daytime [living luxuriously]. They are stains and blemishes [on mankind], reveling in their deceptions even as they feast with you.

Jude 1:12-13

These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;

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