Ecclesiastes 7:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Buhraenghaih im ah caeh pongah loe kadueh kami im ah caeh to hoih kue; duekhaih loe kaminawk boih hanah boenghaih loklam ah oh pongah, kahing kaminawk mah palung thungah pakuem han angaih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Nguekcoinah im la caeh te buhkoknah im la caeh lakah then. He tah hlang boeih kah a bawtnah coeng tih aka hing loh a lungbuei ah dueh saeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Nguekcoinah im la caeh te buhkoknah im la caeh lakah then. He tah hlang boeih kah a bawtnah coeng tih aka hing loh a lungbuei ah dueh saeh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua oi aku ka maikai o ka hele ana i ka hale kanikau mamua o ka hele ana i ka hale ahaaina; no ka mea, malaila ka hopena o na kanaka a pau, a e hoopili ke kanaka ola ia mea i kona naau iho.

English 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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Pito ou ale nan yon kay kote ki gen lanmò pase pou ou ale nan yon kay kote y'ap fè fèt, paske tout moun gen pou mouri. Nou menm ki vivan, nou pa dwe janm bliye sa.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Melius est nomen bonum quam unguenta pretiosa, et dies mortis die nativitatis.

Bible in Basic English

It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Mieux vaut aller dans la maison de deuil, que d’aller dans la maison de festin, en ce que là est la fin de tout homme ; et le vivant prend cela à cœur.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Lépe jest jíti do domu zámutku, nežli jíti do domu hodování, pro dokonání každého člověka, a kdož jest živ, složí to v srdci svém.

Kosraean Bible

Wo in som nu ke sie lohm ma oasr tung ac mwemelil we liki in som nu ke sie lohm ma mwet uh orek kufwa we, mweyen fal mwet moul uh in esam lah misa uh soanekut nukewa.

World Portuguese Bible

É melhor ir à casa do luto do que ir à casa do banquete; pois este é o fim de todos os homens, e os vivos devem levar isso ao coração.

Romanian BTF Bible

Este mai bine să mergi la casa de jelire, decât să mergi la casa ospățului, întrucât acela este sfârșitul tuturor oamenilor; și cel viu își pune la inimă lucrul acesta.

Brenton English Septuagint

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good warning to his heart.

Burmese Common Language Bible

မသာအိမ်သို့ သွားခြင်းသည်၊ ပွဲခံရာအိမ်သို့ သွားခြင်းထက်သာ၍ကောင်း၏။ အကြောင်းမူကား၊ လူခပ်သိမ်းတို့သည် မသာအိမ်၌ လမ်းဆုံးရကြ၏။ အသက်ရှင်လျက်ရှိသောသူတို့လည်း၊ အသင့်နှလုံး သွင်းမိကြလိမ့်မည်။

Darby Translation

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Besser, in das Haus der Trauer zu gehen, als in das Haus des Gelages zu gehen, indem jenes das Ende aller Menschen ist; und der Lebende nimmt es zu Herzen. -

Dutch Bible 1917

Het is beter te gaan in het klaaghuis, dan te gaan in het huis des maaltijds; want in hetzelve is het einde aller mensen, en de levende legt het in zijn hart.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Beter gaat men naar een huis, waar men rouwt, Dan naar een huis, waar feest wordt gevierd. Want dat is het einde van iederen mens; Iedere levende neme het ter harte.

Italian Diodati Bible

Meglio vale andare in una casa di duolo, che andare in una casa di convito; perciocchè quello è il fine d'ogni uomo; e chi vive vi pon mente .

Douay-Rheims 1899

A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

Geneva Bible 1599

For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

Noyes 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 will lay it to heart.

Danish Bible 1931

bedre at gå til et Sørgehus end at gå til et Gildehus; thi hist er alle Menneskers Ende, og de levende bør tage det til Hjerte.

Leeser Tanakh

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; inasmuch as that is the end of all men: and let the living lay it to his heart.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ 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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Đi đến nhà tang chế hơn là đến nhà yến tiệc; vì tại đó thấy sự cuối cùng của mọi người; và người sống để vào lòng.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku ʻaonga lahi hake ʻae ʻalu ki he fale ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae tangilāulau, ʻi he ʻalu ki he fale ʻoku fai kātoanga: he ko e ikuʻanga ia ʻoe kakai kotoa pē; pea ʻe mamafa ia ki he loto ʻoʻona ʻoku kei moʻui.

French Ostervald Bible

Mieux vaut aller dans une maison de deuil, que d'aller dans une maison de festin; car là est la fin de tout homme, et celui qui vit met cela dans son cœur.

Esperanto Bible

Pli bone estas iri en domon de funebro, ol iri en domon de festenado; ĉar morto estas la fino de ĉiu homo, kaj la vivanto notos ĉi tion en sia koro.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Mieux vaut aller dans une maison de deuil que d’aller dans une maison de festin; car c’est là la fin de tout homme, et celui qui vit prend la chose à cœur.

German Luther Bible 1912

Es ist besser in das Klagehaus gehen, denn in ein Trinkhaus; in jenem ist das Ende aller Menschen, und der Lebendige nimmt's zu Herzen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.

British English Septuagint 2012

A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.

Majority 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.

Webster 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 will lay it to his heart.

Revised 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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E’ meglio andare in una casa di duolo, che andare in una casa di convito; poiché là è la fine d’ogni uomo, e colui che vive vi porrà mente.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Il vaut mieux aller dans une maison de deuil que dans une maison de festin ; car telle est la fin de tout homme, et les vivants doivent le prendre à cœur.

Reina Valera 1909

Mejor es ir á la casa del luto que á la casa del convite: porque aquello es el fin de todos los hombres; y el que vive parará mientes.

Spanish BLL

Es mejor ir a un funeral que ir a una fiesta, porque la muerte es el fin de todo hombre, y los que viven debieran reflexionar sobre esto.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Mejor es ir a la casa del luto que a la casa del convite; porque aquello es el fin de todos los hombres, y el que vive lo pondrá en su corazón.

Croatian Bible

Bolje je ići u kuću gdje je žalost nego u kuću gdje je gozba, jer ondje je kraj svakoga čovjeka, i tko je živ, nek' primi k srcu!

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Bolje je ići u kuću gde je žalost nego gde je gozba, jer je onde kraj svakog čoveka, i ko je živ, slaže u srce svoje.

German Textbibel

Besser in ein Trauerhaus gehen als in ein Trinkhaus gehen; denn jenes ist das Ende aller Menschen, und der Lebende nimmt es zu Herzen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

It is better to go to the house of mourning, Than to go to the banquet house: Since this is the end of every man; And the living man will apply good warning to his heart.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

ט֞וֹב לָלֶ֣כֶת אֶל־בֵּֽית־אֵ֗בֶל מִלֶּ֨כֶת֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה בַּאֲשֶׁ֕ר ה֖וּא ס֣וֹף כָּל־הָאָדָ֑ם וְהַחַ֖י יִתֵּ֥ן אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ׃

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.

World English Bible (Catholic)

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.

World English Bible British Edition

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.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

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.

World English Bible Classic

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.

World English Bible Updated

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.

World Messianic 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.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

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.

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.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἀγαθὸν πορευθῆναι εἰς οἶκον πένθους ἢ ὅτι πορευθῆναι εἰς οἶκον πότου, καθότι τοῦτο τέλος παντὸς ἀνθρώπου, καὶ ὁ ζῶν δώσει ἀγαθὸν εἰς καρδίαν αὐτοῦ.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἀγαθὸν πορευθῆναι εἰς οἶκον πένθους ἢ ὅτι πορευθῆναι εἰς οἶκον πότου· καθότι τοῦτο τέλος παντὸς ἀνθρώπου, καὶ ὁ ζῶν δώσει ἀγαθὸν εἰς καρδίαν αὐτοῦ.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Май бине сэ те дучь ынтр-о касэ де жале декыт сэ те дучь ынтр-о касэ де петречере; кэч аколо ыць адучь аминте де сфыршитул орькэруй ом, ши чине трэеште ышь пуне ла инимэ лукрул ачеста.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Лучше йти в дім, де плачуть, нїж у такий, де бенкетують; усї бо люде так закінчують, а живущий прийме се до серця.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Лучше йти в дім, де плачуть, нїж у такий, де бенкетують; усї бо люде так закінчують, а живущий прийме се до серця.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Боље је ићи у кућу где је жалост него где је гозба, јер је онде крај сваког човека, и ко је жив, слаже у срце своје.

Russian Synodal Bible

Лучше ходить в дом плача об умершем, нежели ходить в дом пира; ибо таков конец всякого человека, и живой приложит это к своему сердцу.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

טֹ֞וב לָלֶ֣כֶת אֶל־בֵּֽית־אֵ֗בֶל מִלֶּ֙כֶת֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה בַּאֲשֶׁ֕ר ה֖וּא סֹ֣וף כָּל־הָאָדָ֑ם וְהַחַ֖י יִתֵּ֥ן אֶל־לִבֹּֽו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

טוב ללכת אל בית אבל מלכת אל בית משתה באשר הוא סוף כל האדם והחי יתן אל לבו׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

اَلذَّهَابُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلنَّوْحِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَابِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلْوَلِيمَةِ، لِأَنَّ ذَاكَ نِهَايَةُ كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ، وَٱلْحَيُّ يَضَعُهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

رفتن به خانه ماتم از رفتن به خانه ضیافت بهتر است زیرا که این آخرت همه مردمان است و زندگان این را در دل خود می‌نهند.

Judson Burmese Bible

မသာ အိမ် သို့ သွား ခြင်းသည်၊ ပွဲခံ ရာအိမ် သို့ သွား ခြင်းထက် သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။ အကြောင်း မူကား၊ လူ ခပ်သိမ်း တို့သည် မသာအိမ်၌ လမ်း ဆုံးရကြ၏။ အသက်ရှင် လျက်ရှိသောသူတို့လည်း၊ အသင့်နှလုံး သွင်းမိ ကြလိမ့်မည်။

Korean Bible 1910

초상집에 가는 것이 잔치집에 가는 것보다 나으니 모든 사람의 결국이 이와 같이 됨이라 산 자가 이것에 유심하리로다

Japanese Freedom Bible

宴会の家へ行くより、喪の家へ行くほうが良い。死はすべての人の終わりであり、生きている者はそれを心に留めるべきだ。

World Chinese Bible

往哀悼之家去，胜过往宴乐之家去；因为这是所有人的结局，活着的人应当把这事放在心上。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

往遭丧的家去， 强如往宴乐的家去； 因为 死是众人的结局， 活人也必将这事放在心上。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

往遭喪的家去， 強如往宴樂的家去； 因為 死是眾人的結局， 活人也必將這事放在心上。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Melhor é ir à casa do luto do que a casa do banquete, porque isto é o fim de todos os homens; e os vivos tomam isto em seus corações.

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Mashi Bible

Aha omuntu ankajà aha balya, ankajà aha balaka, bulya bwo buzinda bwa ngasi muntu, n’omuntu naye anakengêre okwo.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Besser, man gehe ins Trauerhaus als ins Trinkhaus; denn dort ist das Ende aller Menschen, und der Lebendige nimmt es zu Herzen.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Es mejor ir a la casa del llanto que ir a la casa del banquete; porque ese es el fin de cada hombre, y los vivos lo llevarán a sus corazones.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Mejor es ir a la casa del luto Que a la casa del banquete, Porque aquello es el fin de todos los hombres. El que vive debe poner esto en su corazón.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

It is better to go to the bais evel (house of mourning), than to go to the bais mishteh (house of feasting); for that is the sof (end, conclusion) of kol haAdam; and the living will take it to heart.

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