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OET (OET-LV) If/because like_crackling_of the_thorns under the_pot so the_laughter_of the_fools and_also this is_futility.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
(Occurrence 0) For like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so also is the laughter of fools
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when like,crackling_of the,thorns below/instead_of the,pot yes/correct/thus/so laughter_of the,fools and=also this Abel )
This speaks of how listening to fools talk and laugh will teach you nothing, as if their speech and laughter were the sound of burning thorns. Alternate translation: “For listening to the laughter of fools will not teach a man any more than if he were listening to the crackling of thorns burning under a pot”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) vapor
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when like,crackling_of the,thorns below/instead_of the,pot yes/correct/thus/so laughter_of the,fools and=also this Abel )
The author speaks of useless and meaningless things as if they were mist. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/14.md). Alternate translation: “as useless as vapor” or “meaningless”
7:2-6 Frivolous merry-making is foolish when wisdom demands sobriety about death (see also 2:12-13).
OET (OET-LV) If/because like_crackling_of the_thorns under the_pot so the_laughter_of the_fools and_also this is_futility.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.