Ecclesiastes 7:3

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

In context

1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

2 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
KJV King James Version: Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
WEB World English Bible: Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
ASV American Standard Version: Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.
DBY Darby Translation: Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
WBS Webster Bible: Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.