Ecclesiastes 7:4

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Darby Translation ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.

Noyes Bible ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of joy.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

King James Version ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

Webster Bible ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Revised Version ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

World English Bible ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

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

The lev of chachamim is in the bais evel (house of mourning); but the lev of kesilim is in the bais simchah.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

قَلْبُ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلنَّوْحِ، وَقَلْبُ ٱلْجُهَّالِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلْفَرَحِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ပညာရှိသောသူတို့၏နှလုံးသည် မသာအိမ်၌ ရှိ၏။ မိုက်သောသူတို့၏ နှလုံးမူကား၊ ပျော်မွေ့ခြင်းပြုရာ အိမ်၌ ရှိ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ပညာရှိ သောသူတို့၏နှလုံး သည် မသာ အိမ် ၌ ရှိ၏။ မိုက် သောသူတို့၏ နှလုံး မူကား ၊ ပျော်မွေ့ ခြင်းပြုရာ အိမ် ၌ ရှိ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Palungha ih palung loe palungsethaih tongh kami im ah oh, toe kamthu ih palung loe kanawm acaenghaih im ah oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Aka cueih kah lungbuei tah nguekcoinah im ah dae aka ang kah lungbuei tah kohoenah im ah om.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Aka cueih kah lungbuei tah nguekcoinah im ah dae aka ang kah lungbuei tah kohoenah im ah om.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

智慧人的心在遭丧之家； 愚昧人的心在快乐之家。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

智慧人的心在遭喪之家； 愚昧人的心在快樂之家。

World Chinese Bible ☆

智慧人的心在哀悼之家；愚昧人的心在欢乐之家。

Croatian Bible ☆

Srce je mudrih ljudi u kući žalosti, a srce bezumnih u kući veselja.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Srdce moudrých v domě zámutku, ale srdce bláznů v domě veselí.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

De vises Hjerte er i Sørgehuset. Tåbernes Hjerte i Glædeshuset.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Het hart der wijzen is in het klaaghuis; maar het hart der zotten in het huis der vreugde.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Het hart der wijzen is in het huis, waar men rouwt, Het hart der dwazen in het huis van de vreugd.

Esperanto Bible ☆

La koro de saĝuloj estas en domo de funebro, kaj la koro de malsaĝuloj en domo de ĝojo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le cœur des sages est dans la maison de deuil, mais le cœur des sots, dans la maison de joie.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le cœur des sages est dans la maison de deuil; mais le cœur des insensés est dans la maison de joie.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le cœur des sages est dans la maison de deuil, et le cœur des insensés dans la maison de joie.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le cœur des sages est dans la maison de deuil, mais le cœur des insensés est dans la maison de joie.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Das Herz der Weisen ist im Hause der Trauer, und das Herz der Toren im Hause der Freude.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Das Herz der Weisen ist im Klagehause, und das Herz der Narren im Hause der Freude.

German Textbibel ☆

Das Herz der Weisen ist im Trauerhause, aber das Herz der Thoren im Hause der Freude.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Das Herz der Weisen ist im Trauerhaus; aber das Herz der Narren im Haus der Freude.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καρδία σοφῶν ἐν οἴκῳ πένθους, καὶ καρδία ἀφρόνων ἐν οἴκῳ εὐφροσύνης.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καρδία σοφῶν ἐν οἴκῳ πένθους, καὶ καρδία ἀφρόνων ἐν οἴκῳ εὐφροσύνης.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Moun ki gen bon konprann toujou ap kalkile sou lanmò. Moun sòt toujou ap kalkile sou ki jan pou yo jwi lavi a.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ka naau o ka mea naauao, aia no ia ma ka hale kanikau; aka hoi, o ka naau o ka mea naaupo, aia no ia ma ka hale paani.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

לֵ֤ב חֲכָמִים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית אֵ֔בֶל וְלֵ֥ב כְּסִילִ֖ים בְּבֵ֥ית שִׂמְחָֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

לב חכמים בבית אבל ולב כסילים בבית שמחה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Il cuore de' savi è nella casa del duolo; e il cuor degli stolti è nella casa dell'allegrezza.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il cuore del savio è nella casa del duolo; ma il cuore degli stolti è nella casa della gioia.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

知恵ある者の心は喪の家にあり、愚かな者の心は喜びの家にある。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

지혜자의 마음은 초상집에 있으되 우매자의 마음은 연락하는 집에 있느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwet se su nunku ke mwe engan pacl nukewa el sie mwet lalfon. Sie mwet lalmwetmet el nunku ke misa.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Melior est ira risu, quia per tristitiam vultus corrigitur animus delinquentis.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

دل حکیمان در خانه ماتم است و دل احمقان در خانه شادمانی.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O coração dos sábios está na casa do luto; mas o coração dos tolos está na casa da alegria.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O coração dos sábios está na casa do luto, mas o coração dos tolos está na casa da alegria.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Inima celui înțelept este în casa jelirii, dar inima celor proști este în casa veseliei.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Инима ынцелепцилор есте ын каса де жале, яр инима челор фэрэ минте есте ын каса петречерий.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Сердце мудрых - в доме плача, а сердце глупых - в доме веселья.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Srce je mudrih ljudi u kući gde je žalost, a srce bezumnih u kući gde je veselje.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Срце је мудрих људи у кући где је жалост, а срце безумних у кући где је весеље.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omurhimanya anakazigerêreza oguli ebufîre n’omusirhe yêhe akengêrage ahâli amasîma.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El corazón de los sabios, en la casa del luto; mas el corazón de los insensatos, en la casa del placer.

Spanish BLL ☆

El sabio piensa en la muerte, pero el necio solo piensa en divertirse.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El corazón de los sabios está en la casa del luto; mas el corazón de los necios, en la casa del placer.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Los corazones de los sabios están en la casa del llanto; más los corazones de los necios están en la casa de la alegría.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El corazón de los sabios está en la casa del luto, Pero el corazón del necio está en la casa del placer.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku ʻi he fale ʻoe mamahi ʻae loto ʻoe poto; ka ʻoku ʻi he fale ʻoe fiefia ʻae loto ʻoe vale.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Серце мудрих — у сумному дому, а серце дурних — у веселому.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Серце мудрих — у сумному дому, а серце дурних — у веселому.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Lòng người khôn ngoan ở trong nhà tang chế, còn lòng kẻ ngu muội ở tại nhà vui sướng.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

לֵ֤ב חֲכָמִים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית אֵ֔בֶל וְלֵ֥ב כְּסִילִ֖ים בְּבֵ֥ית שִׂמְחָֽה׃