Parallel Verses
King James 2000
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also 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.
Julia Smith Translation
For as the voice of thorns under the pot, so the laughter of the foolish one. Also this 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 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. 7 Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 58:9
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Psalm 118:12
They encompassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What use is it?
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether the foolish man rages or laughs, there is no rest.
Isaiah 65:13-15
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed:
Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon every waist, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and its end as a bitter day.
Luke 6:25
Woe unto you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
2 Peter 2:13-17
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, reveling themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
Jude 1:12-13
These are spots in your love feasts, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about by winds; trees whose fruit withers, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;