Ecclesiastes 7:3

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.

Darby Translation ☆

Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

A good name is better then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.

Noyes Bible ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Better is vexation than laughing; for through the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart may be gladdened.

King James Version ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Revised Version ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter: For by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.

World English Bible ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

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

Ka'as (sorrow) is better than laughter; for sadness of the countenance is good for the lev.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلْحُزْنُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلضَّحِكِ، لِأَنَّهُ بِكَآبَةِ ٱلْوَجْهِ يُصْلَحُ ٱلْقَلْبُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ပြုံးရယ်ခြင်းထက် ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်းသည်သာ၍ ကောင်း၏။ အကြောင်းမူကား၊ မျက်နှာညှိုးငယ်သော အားဖြင့် နှလုံးသာ၍ကောင်းတတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ပြုံး ရယ်ခြင်းထက် ဝမ်းနည်း ခြင်းသည်သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။ အကြောင်း မူကား၊ မျက်နှာ ညှိုးငယ် သော အားဖြင့် နှလုံး သာ၍ကောင်း တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Pahnuih pongah palungset to hoih kue; palungsae mikhmai mah poeknawmhaih to khuk.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Konoinah he nueihbu lakah then. Maelhmai thaenah long ni lungbuei a voelphoeng sak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Konoinah he nueihbu lakah then. Maelhmai thaenah long ni lungbuei a voelphoeng sak.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

忧愁强如喜笑； 因为面带愁容，终必使心喜乐。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

憂愁強如喜笑； 因為面帶愁容，終必使心喜樂。

World Chinese Bible ☆

忧愁胜过喜笑；因为脸上的愁容能使心变好。

Croatian Bible ☆

Bolji je jad nego smijeh, jer pod žalosnim licem srce je radosno.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Lepší jest horlení nežli smích; nebo zůřivá tvář polepšuje srdce.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Bedre Græmmelse end Latter, thi er Minerne mørke, har Hjertet det godt.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Het treuren is beter dan het lachen; want door de droefheid des aangezichts wordt het hart gebeterd.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Beter te treuren dan te lachen; Want een bedrukt gelaat wekt medelijden.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Pli bona estas plendo, ol rido; ĉar ĉe malĝojo de la vizaĝo pliboniĝas la koro.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Mieux vaut le chagrin que le rire, car le cœur est rendu meilleur par la tristesse du visage.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Mieux vaut la tristesse que le rire; car, par la tristesse du visage, le cœur devient joyeux.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Mieux vaut le chagrin que le rire; car avec un visage triste le cœur peut être content.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le chagrin vaut mieux que le rire ; car la tristesse du visage rend le cœur meilleur.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Besser Bekümmernis als Lachen; denn bei traurigem Angesicht ist es dem Herzen wohl. -

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Es ist Trauern besser als Lachen; denn durch Trauern wird das Herz gebessert.

German Textbibel ☆

Besser Gram als Lachen, denn bei traurigem Angesicht ist's dem Herzen wohl.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Verdruß ist besser als Lachen; denn wenn das Angesicht traurig ist, so wird das Herz gebessert.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἀγαθὸν θυμὸς ὑπὲρ γέλωτα, ὅτι ἐν κακίᾳ προσώπου ἀγαθυνθήσεται καρδία.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἀγαθὸν θυμὸς ὑπὲρ γέλωτα, ὅτι ἐν κακίᾳ προσώπου ἀγαθυνθήσεται καρδία.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pito yon moun nan lapenn pase pou l' gen kè kontan. Lapenn rale figi ou, men l'ap louvri lespri ou.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua oi aku ka maikai o ka uwe ana mamua o ka akaaka; no ka mea, ma ka inoino o ka maka, e maikai ai ka naau.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

טֹ֥וב כַּ֖עַס מִשְּׂחֹ֑ק כִּֽי־בְרֹ֥עַ פָּנִ֖ים יִ֥יטַב לֵֽב׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

טוב כעס משחק כי ברע פנים ייטב לב׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Meglio vale la tristezza che il riso; perciocchè il cuore migliora per la mestizia del volto .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

La tristezza val meglio del riso; poiché quando il viso è mesto, il cuore diventa migliore.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

悲しみは笑いにまさる。顔の悲しみが心を整える。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

슬픔이 웃음보다 나음은 얼굴에 근심함으로 마음이 좋게 됨이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Asor wo liki israsr — sahp ac oru kom ngetnget in asor, tusruktu ac akyokye etauk lom uh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Melius est ire ad domum luctus quam ad domum convivii; in illa enim finis cunctorum admonetur hominum, et vivens cogitat quid futurum sit.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

حزن از خنده بهتر است زیرا که ازغمگینی صورت دل اصلاح می‌شود.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

A tristeza é melhor do que o riso; pois com a tristeza do rosto o coração se torna melhor.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Melhor é o sofrimento do que o riso, porque com a tristeza do rosto o coração se aperfeiçoa.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Întristarea este mai bună decât râsul, pentru că prin întristarea înfățișării inima este făcută mai bună.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Май бунэ есте ынтристаря декыт рысул, кэч, прин ынтристаря фецей, инима се фаче май бунэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Сетование лучше смеха; потому что при печали лица сердце делается лучше.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Bolja je žalost nego smeh, jer kad je lice neveselo, srce postaje bolje.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Боља је жалост него смех, јер кад је лице невесело, срце постаје боље.

Mashi Bible ☆

Aha omuntu ankasheka ankabà burhè, n’obukali bw’ebusù buyinjiha.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Mejor es el enojo que la risa: porque con la tristeza del rostro se enmendará el corazón.

Spanish BLL ☆

Es mejor estar triste que reír, porque la tristeza nos ayuda a mejorar el corazón.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Mejor es el pesar que la risa; porque con la tristeza del rostro se enmienda el corazón.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El dolor es mejor que la alegría; Cuando la cara está triste, la mente mejora.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Mejor la tristeza que la risa, Porque con la tristeza de rostro se enmienda el corazón.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku lelei lahi ʻae mamahi ʻi he kata, he ʻoku fakaʻāsili ʻae lelei ʻoe loto ʻi he mamahi ʻoe mata.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Сумуваннє лучше сьміху; бо в смутку стає серце лїпшим.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Сумуваннє лучше сьміху; бо в смутку стає серце лїпшим.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Buồn rầu hơn vui vẻ; vì nhờ mặt buồn, lòng được vui.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

ט֥וֹב כַּ֖עַס מִשְּׂחֹ֑ק כִּֽי־בְרֹ֥עַ פָּנִ֖ים יִ֥יטַב לֵֽב׃