Ecclesiastes 7:3
King James Version (KJV)
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
In context
1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:3 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
- 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.