Parallel ECC 7:3

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BSB  ⇔ Sorrow is better than laughter,
⇔ for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

OEB Vexation is better than laughter;
⇔ For, when the face is sad, it is well with the heart.

WEB Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

NET Sorrow is better than laughter,
 ⇔ because sober reflection is good for the heart.

LSV Better [is] sorrow than laughter,
For by the sadness of the face the heart becomes better.

FBV Sorrow is better than laughter, for tragedy helps us by making us think.

T4T It is better to be sad than to be always laughing,
⇔ because being sad can cause us to think more about how we should conduct our lives [IDM].

LEB  • is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.

BBE Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

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JPS Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart may be gladdened.

ASV Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

DRA It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.

YLT Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

DBY Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

RV Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

WBS Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

KJB Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

BB Grauitie is better then to laugh: for when the countenaunce is heauie, the heart is refourmed.

GNV A good name is better then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.
  (A good name is better then a good ointment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.)

CB It is better to be sory then to laugh, for whe the countenaunce is heuy, the herte is ioyfull.
  (It is better to be sorry then to laugh, for whe the countenaunce is heuy, the heart is ioyfull.)

WYC It is betere to go to the hous of morenyng, than to the hous of a feeste; for in that hous `of morenyng the ende of alle men is monestid, and a man lyuynge thenkith, what is to comynge.
  (It is better to go to the house of morenyng, than to the house of a feeste; for in that house `of morenyng the end of all men is monestid, and a man living thenkith, what is to coming.)

LUT Es ist Trauern besser denn Lachen; denn durch Trauern wird das Herz gebessert.
  (It is Trauern besser because Lachen; because through Trauern becomes the Herz gebessert.)

CLV Melius est ire ad domum luctus quam ad domum convivii; in illa enim finis cunctorum admonetur hominum, et vivens cogitat quid futurum sit.
  (Melius it_is ire to domum luctus how to domum convivii; in illa because finis cunctorum admonetur hominum, and vivens cogitat quid futurum sit.)

BRN Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.

BrLXX Ἀγαθὸν θυμὸς ὑπὲρ γέλωτα, ὅτι ἐν κακίᾳ προσώπου ἀγαθυνθήσεται καρδία.
  (Agathon thumos huper gelōta, hoti en kakia prosōpou agathunthaʸsetai kardia.)