Ecclesiastes 7:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The laughter of a fool is like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot. Even this is pointless.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

ASV:

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

BBE:

Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

DBY:

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

ERV:

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

JPS:

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

WBS:

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

WEB:

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

YLT:

For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:6 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 58:9 Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

Psalm 118:12 They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished as a fire of thorns; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of pleasure, "What does it accomplish?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:6 For as the crackling of {d} thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.
(d) Which crackle for a while and profit nothing.

WES:

7:6 Thorns - Which for a time make a great noise and blaze, but presently go out.

MHC:

7:1-6 Reputation for piety and honesty is more desirable than all the wealth and pleasure in this world. It will do more good to go to a funeral than to a feast. We may lawfully go to both, as there is occasion; our Saviour both feasted at the wedding of his friend in Cana, and wept at the grave of his friend in Bethany. But, considering how apt we are to be vain and indulge the flesh, it is best to go to the house of mourning, to learn the end of man as to this world. Seriousness is better than mirth and jollity. That is best for us which is best for our souls, though it be unpleasing to sense. It is better to have our corruptions mortified by the rebuke of the wise, than to have them gratified by the song of fools. The laughter of a fool is soon gone, the end of his mirth is heaviness.

CONC:

Bushes Cracking Crackling Fool Foolish Fools Futility Laugh Laughter Meaningless Noise Pot Purpose Thorn Thorns Vanity

Bushes Cracking Crackling Fool Foolish Fools Futility Laughter Meaningless Noise Pot Purpose Thorn Thorns Vanity

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