KJV King James Version
[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.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2
[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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 should take this to heart.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth it unto his heart.
Surrounding context — Ecclesiastes 7
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ט֞וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantלָלֶ֣כֶתH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בֵּֽית־H1004 · betplaceאֵ֗בֶלH60 · e.velmourningמִלֶּ֙כֶת֙H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceמִשְׁתֶּ֔הH4960 · mish.tehfeastבַּאֲשֶׁ֕רH834 · a.sherwhichה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itס֣וֹףH5490 · sophendכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָאָדָ֑םH120 · a.dammanוְהַחַ֖יH2416 · chayaliveיִתֵּ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)לִבּֽוֹ׃H3820 · levheart
Cross-references
Psalm 90:12So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.Deuteronomy 32:29O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!Hebrews 9:27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:Deuteronomy 32:46And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.Philippians 3:19Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)1 Peter 4:3-4For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:Haggai 1:5Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.Genesis 49:2-33Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.Genesis 50:15-17And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!Romans 6:21-22What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.Isaiah 47:7And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.Genesis 48:1-22And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.Isaiah 5:11-12Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!Job 1:4-5And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.Matthew 5:4Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Amos 6:3-6Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;Isaiah 22:12-14And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
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