Ecclesiastes 7:5

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

Bible in Basic English ☆

It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Darby Translation ☆

It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Anger is better then laughter: for by a sad looke the heart is made better.

Noyes Bible ☆

It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than that a man should hear the song of fools.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

King James Version ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

Webster Bible ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Revised Version ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, Than for a man to hear the song of fools.

World English Bible ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

World English Bible Classic ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

World English Bible Updated ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

World Messianic Bible ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than [for] a man to hear a song of fools,

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

It is better to hear the rebuke of the chacham, than for an ish to hear the shir kesilim.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

سَمْعُ ٱلِٱنْتِهَارِ مِنَ ٱلْحَكِيمِ خَيْرٌ لِلْإِنْسَانِ مِنْ سَمْعِ غِنَاءِ ٱلْجُهَّالِ،

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

လူမိုက်သီချင်းဆိုသောစကားကို နားထောင် သည်ထက်၊ ပညာရှိဆုံးမသောစကားကို နားထောင်သော် သာ၍ ကောင်း၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

လူမိုက် သီချင်း ဆိုသောစကားကို နားထောင် သည်ထက် ၊ ပညာရှိ ဆုံးမ သောစကားကို နားထောင် သော် သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kamthunawk ih laa to tahngaih pongah loe, palungha kami zoehhaih lok tahngaih to hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Aka cueih kah tluungnah hnatun he tah aka ang laa aka hnatun hlang lakah then.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Aka cueih kah tluungnah hnatun he tah aka ang laa aka hnatun hlang lakah then.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

听智慧人的责备， 强如听愚昧人的歌唱。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

聽智慧人的責備， 強如聽愚昧人的歌唱。

World Chinese Bible ☆

听智慧人的责备，胜过听愚昧人的歌声。

Croatian Bible ☆

Bolje je poslušati ukor mudra čovjeka negoli slušati hvalospjev luđaka.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Lépe jest slyšeti žehrání moudrého, nežli aby někdo poslouchal písně bláznů.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Bedre at høre på Vismands Skænd end at høre på Tåbers Sang.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Het is beter te horen het bestraffen des wijzen, dan dat iemand hore het gezang der dwazen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Beter te luisteren naar de berisping der wijzen, Dan te horen naar het lied van de dwazen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Pli bone estas aŭskulti riproĉon de saĝulo, ol aŭskulti kanton de malsaĝuloj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Mieux vaut écouter la répréhension du sage, que d’écouter la chanson des sots.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Mieux vaux entendre la répréhension du sage, que d'entendre la chanson des insensés.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Mieux vaut entendre la réprimande du sage que d’entendre le chant des insensés.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Il vaut mieux entendre la réprimande du sage que d'entendre la chanson des insensés.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Besser, das Schelten der Weisen zu hören, als daß einer den Gesang der Toren hört.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Es ist besser hören das Schelten der Weisen, denn hören den Gesang der Narren.

German Textbibel ☆

Besser das Schelten eines Weisen zu hören, als daß einer den Gesang der Thoren hört.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Es ist besser, man höre auf das Schelten des Weisen, als daß man lausche dem Gesang der Narren!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἀκοῦσαι ἐπιτίμησιν σοφοῦ ὑπὲρ ἄνδρα ἀκούοντα ᾆσμα ἀφρόνων·

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἀκοῦσαι ἐπιτίμησιν σοφοῦ ὑπὲρ ἄνδρα ἁκούοντα ᾆσμα ἀφρόνων.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pito ou tande yon moun ki gen bon konprann ap rale zòrèy ou pase pou ou tande moun sòt ap fè lwanj pou ou.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua oi aku ka maikai o ka lohe ana i ka oleloao a ka poe naauao, mamua o ko ke kanaka lohe ana i ka mele lea a ka poe naaupo.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

טֹ֕וב לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ גַּעֲרַ֣ת חָכָ֑ם מֵאִ֕ישׁ שֹׁמֵ֖עַ שִׁ֥יר כְּסִילִֽים׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

טוב לשמע גערת חכם מאיש שמע שיר כסילים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Meglio vale udir lo sgridar del savio, che se alcuno ode il cantar de' pazzi .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Meglio vale udire la riprensione del savio, che udire la canzone degli stolti.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

愚かな者の歌を聞くより、知恵ある者の叱責を聞くほうが良い。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

사람이 지혜자의 책망을 듣는 것이 우매자의 노래를 듣는 것보다 나으니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kas in kai sin sie mwet lalmwetmet, wo liki kas in kaksak lun mwet lalfon.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Cor sapientium ubi tristitia est, et cor stultorum ubi lætitia.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

شنیدن عتاب حکیمان بهتر است از شنیدن سرود احمقان،

World Portuguese Bible ☆

É melhor ouvir a repreensão do sábio do que um homem ouvir a canção dos tolos.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Melhor é ouvir a repreensão do sábio do que alguém ouvir a canção dos tolos;

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Mai bine este pentru un om să asculte mustrarea înțeleptului, decât să asculte cântarea proștilor.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Май бине сэ аскулць мустраря ынцелептулуй декыт сэ аскулць ла кынтекул челор фэрэ минте.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Лучше слушать обличения от мудрого, нежели слушать песни глупых;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Bolje je slušati karanje mudroga nego da ko sluša pesmu bezumnih.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Боље је слушати карање мудрога него да ко слуша песму безумних.

Mashi Bible ☆

Aha omuntu ankayumvîrhiza olwimbo lw’omusirhe, ankayumvîrhiza ihano ly’omurhimanya.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Mejor es oir la reprensión del sabio, que la canción de los necios.

Spanish BLL ☆

Es mejor recibir el regaño de un sabio que escuchar las canciones de los necios.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Mejor es oír la reprensión del sabio que la canción de los necios.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Es mejor tomar nota de la represión de los hombres sabios, que escuchar el canto de los necios.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Mejor es oír la reprensión del sabio Que el canto de los necios,

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku lelei hake ʻae fanongo ki he valoki mei he poto, ʻi he fanongo ʻae tangata ki he hivehiva ʻae kau vale.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Лучше слухати докір од мудрого, нїж піснї дурних;

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Лучше слухати докір од мудрого, нїж піснї дурних;

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Thà nghe lời quở trách của người khôn ngoan, còn hơn là câu hát của kẻ ngu muội.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

ט֕וֹב לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ גַּעֲרַ֣ת חָכָ֑ם מֵאִ֕ישׁ שֹׁמֵ֖עַ שִׁ֥יר כְּסִילִֽים׃