Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

New American Standard Bible

Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

King James Version

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Holman Bible

Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry,
for anger abides in the heart of fools.

International Standard Version

Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.

A Conservative Version

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

American Standard Version

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Amplified


Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger dwells in the heart of fools.

Bible in Basic English

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

Darby Translation

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not be hastened in thy spirit to be angry, for anger shall rest in the bosom of fools.

King James 2000

Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Modern King James verseion

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Be not hastily angry in thy mind, for wrath resteth in the bosom of a fool.

NET Bible

Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

New Heart English Bible

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

The Emphasized Bible

Do not be rash in thy spirit, to be indignant, - for, indignation, in the bosom of dullards, doth remain.

Webster

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

World English Bible

Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
in thy spirit
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

to be angry
כּעס 
Ka`ac 
Usage: 55

כּעשׂ כּעס 
Ka`ac 
Usage: 25

נוּח 
Nuwach 
Usage: 144

in the bosom
חוק חק חיק 
Cheyq 
Usage: 38

References

Hastings

Images Ecclesiastes 7:9

Context Readings

Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Beneficial

8 Better is the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better is the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth. 10 Say not thou, 'What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.


Cross References

Proverbs 14:17

Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

James 1:19

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Proverbs 16:32

Better is the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

Genesis 4:5-6

and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

Genesis 4:8

And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, 'Let us go into the field;' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

Genesis 34:7-8

and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it is very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.

Genesis 34:25-26

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;

Genesis 34:30-31

And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, 'Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I am few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.'

1 Samuel 25:21-22

And David said, 'Only, in vain I have kept all that this one hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good;

2 Samuel 13:22

and Absalom hath not spoken with Amnon either evil or good, for Absalom is hating Amnon, because that he humbled Tamar his sister.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, 'See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.'

2 Samuel 13:32

And Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother, answereth and saith, 'Let not my lord say, The whole of the young men, the sons of the king, they have put to death; for Amnon alone is dead, for by the command of Absalom it hath been appointed from the day of his humbling Tamar his sister;

2 Samuel 19:43

And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, 'Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?' And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.

Esther 3:5-6

And Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury,

Proverbs 26:23-26

Silver of dross spread over potsherd, Are burning lips and an evil heart.

Jonah 4:9

And God saith unto Jonah: 'Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, 'To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'

Mark 6:19

and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

Mark 6:24

And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;'

Ephesians 4:26-27

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

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