ECC 7:3 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

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

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

UST It is better to be sad than to be always laughing,
⇔ because when we are sad, we can think better about the things that will make us wise and happy.

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.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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.[fn]

7:3 Literally, “by sadness of countenance the heart is good.” In Hebrew thought, the heart was where thinking occurred.

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.

Drby 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.

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

KJB-1769 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.[fn]

7.3 Sorrow: or, Anger

KJB-1611 [fn]Sorrow is better then laughter: for by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better.

7:3 Or, anger.

Bshps Grauitie is better then to laugh: for when the countenaunce is heauie, the heart is refourmed.
(Grauitie is better then to laugh: for when the countenaunce is heavy, the heart is refourmed.)

Gnva 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. )

Cvdl 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 when the countenaunce is heuy, the heart is joyful.)

Wycl 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.)

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

ClVg 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 home luctus how to home convivii; in that because finis cunctorum admonetur of_men, and vivens cogitat quid futurum sit. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) sadness of face

(Some words not found in UHB: good provocation than,laughter that/for/because/then/when in/on/at/with,sad face made_glad heart )

This refers to being sad. Alternate translation: “an experience that makes a person sad”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) gladness of heart

(Some words not found in UHB: good provocation than,laughter that/for/because/then/when in/on/at/with,sad face made_glad heart )

Here, the word heart refers to a person’s thoughts and emotions. Gladness describes either: (1) the state of the emotions of being happy and peaceful or (2) the ability to understand the truth. Alternate translation: “right thinking”

Parallel ECC 7:3