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OET (OET-RV) Laughter is better than grief
⇔ because a serious face means that the mind is working.
OET-LV is_good vexation than_laughter if/because in/on/at/with_sad_of face a_heart it_will_be_good.
UHB ט֥וֹב כַּ֖עַס מִשְּׂחֹ֑ק כִּֽי־בְרֹ֥עַ פָּנִ֖ים יִ֥יטַב לֵֽב׃ ‡
(ţōⱱ kaˊaş missəḩoq kiy-ⱱəroˊa pānim yiţaⱱ lēⱱ.)
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.
ULT Better grief than laughter,
⇔ for with a bad face a heart is made good.
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.
⇔
MSB 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 No LEB ECC book available
BBE Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
Moff No Moff ECC book available
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.
SLT Good is grief above laughter: for in the illness of the face the heart shall be good.
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.
(Sorrow is better then laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.)
7:3 Or, anger.
Bshps No Bshps ECC book available
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 No Cvdl ECC book available
Wycl No Wycl ECC book available
Luth No Luth ECC book available
ClVg Melius est ire ad domum luctus quam ad domum convivii; in illa enim finis cunctorum admonetur hominum, et vivens cogitat quid futurum sit.
(Better it_is ire to home luctus how to home convivii; in/into/on that because end/limit of_the_people admonetur of_men, and living cogitat what future let_it_be. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT ECC book available
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_of 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_of 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”