Ecclesiastes 7:6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
KJV
Melius est a sapiente corripi, quam stultorum adulatione decipi ;
Vulgate
ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἀκοῦσαι ἐπιτίμησιν σοφοῦ ὑπὲρ ἄνδρα ἀκούοντα ᾆσμα ἀφρόνων.
LXX
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
ASV
כִּ֣י כְ/ק֤וֹל הַ/סִּירִים֙ תַּ֣חַת הַ/סִּ֔יר כֵּ֖ן שְׂחֹ֣ק הַ/כְּסִ֑יל וְ/גַם זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
הָֽבֶל
hbl
noun · 73×
ו
v
noun · 505×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
סִּ֔יר
syr
noun · 34×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שְׂחוֹק֙
shchvq
noun · 15×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 2:2 — I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
- Luke 6:25 — Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
- Ps 58:9 — Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
- Ps 58:9 — Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
- Ps 118:12 — They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
- Ps 118:12 — They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.