KJV King James Version
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
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
WEB World English Bible
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
ASV American Standard Version
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.
Surrounding context — Ecclesiastes 7
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.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.
7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8 Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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Psalm 118:12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.Psalm 58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?Luke 6:25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.2 Peter 2:13-17And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;Amos 8:10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.Jude 1:12-13These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;Isaiah 65:13-15Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:Luke 16:25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.Proverbs 29:9[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
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