Ecclesiastes 2:2
New International Version
2 “Laughter,”(A) I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?”
Ecclesiastes 2:2
King James Version
2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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Ecclesiastes 2:2
New King James Version
2 I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
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Ecclesiastes 7:3
New International Version
3 Frustration is better than laughter,(A)
because a sad face is good for the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:3
King James Version
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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Ecclesiastes 7:3
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:3 Vexation or Grief
- Ecclesiastes 7:3 well or pleasing
Ecclesiastes 7:6
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:6
King James Version
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 7:6
New King James Version
6 (A)For like the [a]crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:6 Lit. sound
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