Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For as the voice of thorns under the pot, so the laughter of the foolish one. Also this is vanity.
New American Standard Bible
So is the
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
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.
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).
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.
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.
Themes
Earthly » Joy joy » Joy, earthly
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is vain
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is vain
Joy » Earthly » Manifested in laughter
Joy » Earthly » General references to
Joy » Of the wicked » Is short-lived
Rebuke » Hearing the rebuke of the wise
Interlinear
Qowl
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
People Generally Do Not Know What Is Best For Them
5 Good to hear the reproof of the wise one, above a man hearing the song of the foolish: 6 For as the voice of thorns under the pot, so the laughter of the foolish one. Also this is vanity. 7 For oppression will make foolish the wise one; and a gift will destroy the heart.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 58:9
Before your pots shall perceive the thorn, as living, as in wrath, he will sweep him away.
Psalm 118:12
They surrounded me as bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of Jehovah for I will destroy them.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
To laughter I said, It is mad: and to gladness, What did this?
Proverbs 29:9
A wise man contending with a foolish man and raging and laughing, and no rest.
Isaiah 65:13-15
For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat and ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink and ye shall thirst: behold, my servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be ashamed.
Amos 8:10
And turned your festivals into mourning, and all your songs to lamentation; and I brought up sackcloth upon all loins, and upon every head, baldness; and I set it as the mourning of an only one, and its last part as a day of bitterness.
Luke 6:25
Woe to you having been filled for ye shall hunger. Woe to you laughing now! for ye shall grieve and weep.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou didst receive thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus likewise evil things: and now here is he comforted, and thou art tormented.
2 Peter 2:13-17
Receiving the reward of injustice, deeming luxurious indulgence pleasure in the day. Spots and blemishes, rioting in their deceits, feasting together with you
Jude 1:12-13
These are spots in your loves, feasting together fearlessly, taking care of themselves: clouds wanting water, carried about by winds; decayed trees, unfruitful, twice dead, uprooted;