Ecclesiastes 7:6

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.

Darby Translation ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.

Noyes Bible ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool. This also is vanity.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. Also this is vanity.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

King James Version ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

Webster Bible ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Revised Version ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

As the sound of thorns under a caldron, So is the laughter of fools: This is also vanity.

World English Bible ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

World English Bible Classic ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

World English Bible Updated ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

World Messianic Bible ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So [is] the laughter of a fool, even this [is] vanity.

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

For as is the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the kesil; this also is hevel.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِأَنَّهُ كَصَوْتِ ٱلشَّوْكِ تَحْتَ ٱلْقِدْرِ هَكَذَا ضَحِكُ ٱلْجُهَّالِ. هَذَا أَيْضًا بَاطِلٌ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အကြောင်းမူကား၊ မိုက်သောသူ၏ ရယ်ခြင်း သည် အိုးအောက်၌ ဆူးပင်ကိုလောင်သောအသံနှင့် တူ၏။ ထိုအမှုအရာသည်လည်း အနတ္တဖြစ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အကြောင်း မူကား၊ မိုက် သောသူ၏ ရယ် ခြင်း သည် အိုး အောက် ၌ ဆူး ပင်ကိုလောင်သောအသံ နှင့် တူ၏။ ထို အမှုအရာသည်လည်း အနတ္တ ဖြစ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kamthunawk pahnuihaih lok loe long laom tlim ih hmai tapraek soekhringkung baktiah oh; hae doeh azom pui ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Am lae kah hling ol bangla aka ang kah nueihbu khaw om. Te dongah he khaw a honghi ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Am lae kah hling ol bangla aka ang kah nueihbu khaw om. Te dongah he khaw a honghi ni.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

愚昧人的笑声， 好像锅下烧荆棘的爆声； 这也是虚空。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

愚昧人的笑聲， 好像鍋下燒荊棘的爆聲； 這也是虛空。

World Chinese Bible ☆

愚昧人的笑声，好像锅底下荆棘的爆响。这也是虚空。

Croatian Bible ☆

Jer kao prasak trnja ispod kotla, takav je smijeh luđaka, i to je ispraznost.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nebo jako praštění trní pod hrncem, tak smích blázna. A i to jest marnost.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Som Tjørnekvistes Knitren under Gryden er Tåbers Latter; også det er Tomhed.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Want gelijk het geluid der doornen onder een pot is, alzo is het lachen eens zots. Dit is ook ijdelheid.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Want zoals het knetteren der doornen onder de ketel, Zo is het lachen der dwazen; beide zijn ijdel.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉar simila al la kraketado de dornoj sub poto estas la ridado de la malsaĝuloj; kaj vantaĵo ĝi estas.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Car comme le bruit des épines sous la marmite, ainsi est le rire du sot. Cela aussi est vanité.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Car tel qu'est le bruit des épines sous la chaudière, tel est le rire de l'insensé. Cela aussi est une vanité.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Car comme le bruit des épines sous la chaudière, ainsi est le rire des insensés. C’est encore là une vanité.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Car comme le crépitement des épines sous la marmite, ainsi est le rire de l'insensé. Cela aussi est vanité.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Denn wie das Geknister der Dornen unter dem Topfe, so das Lachen des Toren. Auch das ist Eitelkeit.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Denn das Lachen der Narren ist wie das Krachen der Dornen unter den Töpfen; und das ist auch eitel.

German Textbibel ☆

Denn wie das Knistern der Dornen unter dem Topfe, so ist das Lachen des Thoren: auch das ist eitel.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Denn das Lachen des Narren ist wie das Knistern der Dornen unter dem Topf; es ist ebenso eitel!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὡς φωνὴ ἀκανθῶν ὑπὸ τὸν λέβητα, οὕτως γέλως τῶν ἀφρόνων· καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὡς φωνὴ ἀκανθῶν ὑπὸ τὸν λέβητα, οὕτως γέλως τῶν ἀφρόνων· καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè moun sòt ap ri, se tankou move chabon k'ap pete nan dife. Sa pa vo anyen.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ka mea, e like me ka paapaaina o na kakalaioa malalo iho o ka ipu hao, pela no ka akaaka ana o ka mea naaupo. He mea lapuwale hoi keia.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

כִּ֣י כְקֹ֤ול הַסִּירִים֙ תַּ֣חַת הַסִּ֔יר כֵּ֖ן שְׂחֹ֣ק הַכְּסִ֑יל וְגַם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

כי כקול הסירים תחת הסיר כן שחק הכסיל וגם זה הבל׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perciocchè, quale è il romore delle spine sotto la caldaia, tale è il ridere dello stolto. Anche questo è vanità.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Poiché qual è lo scoppiettio de’ pruni sotto una pentola, tal è il riso dello stolto. Anche questo è vanità.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

鍋の下でいばらがはぜる音のように、愚かな者の笑いも空しい。これも空しい。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

우매자의 웃음 소리는 솥 밑에서 가시나무의 타는 소리 같으니 이것도 헛되니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Pacl se sie mwet lalfon el israsr, oana ke kokul uh ac kisassasla in sie e. Wanginna kalmeya.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Melius est a sapiente corripi, quam stultorum adulatione decipi;

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

زیرا خنده احمقان مثل صدای خارها در زیر دیگ است و این نیز بطالت است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Pois como o estalar de espinhos debaixo de uma panela, assim é o riso do tolo. Isso também é vaidade.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Pois o riso dos tolos é como o ruído de espinhos debaixo de uma panela; também isto é futilidade.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Căci ca trosnetul spinilor sub o oală, așa este râsul prostului, aceasta de asemenea este deșertăciune.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кэч рысул челор фэрэ минте есте ка пырыитул спинилор суб кэлдаре. Ши ачаста есте о дешертэчуне.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

потому что смех глупых то же, что треск тернового хвороста под котлом. И это - суета!

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Jer kao što prašti trnje pod loncem, takav je smeh bezumnikov; i to je taština.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Јер као што прашти трње под лонцем, такав је смех безумников; и то је таштина.

Mashi Bible ☆

Bulyâla olwimbo lw’omusirhe kwo lujira olubî nka nshâli za mishûgi îdako ly’enyungu; kuli kurhebwa.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Porque la risa del necio es como el estrépito de las espinas debajo de la olla. Y también esto es vanidad.

Spanish BLL ☆

La risa de los necios es como el ruido que hacen las espinas al quemarse bajo la olla; ¡no tiene sentido!

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Porque la risa del necio es como el crepitar de las espinas debajo de la olla. Y también esto es vanidad.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Al igual que el crujir de espinas debajo de una olla, también lo es la risa de un hombre necio; y esto de nuevo no tiene ningún propósito.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Porque como el estallido de los espinos bajo la olla, Así es la risa del necio. También esto es vanidad.

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Revised West Version ☆

He ʻoku hangē ko e makalakala ʻae ʻakau talatala ʻi he lalo kulo, ʻoku pehē ʻae kata ʻae vale: he ko e vaʻinga foki ia.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Бо реготаннє дурневе — се тріск тернини під казаном. Се теж марнота.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Бо реготаннє дурневе — се тріск тернини під казаном. Се теж марнота.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vì tiếng cười của kẻ ngu muội giống như tiếng gai nhọn nổ dưới nồi. Điều đó cũng là sự hư không.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

כִּ֣י כְק֤וֹל הַסִּירִים֙ תַּ֣חַת הַסִּ֔יר כֵּ֖ן שְׂחֹ֣ק הַכְּסִ֑יל וְגַם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃