Ecc Ecclesiastes, chapter Ecclesiastes, chapter 7
[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.Jas 4:9
Prédikarinn 7:2 í mismunandi þýðingum
Enska
KJV (66 books)
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.
BSB
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.
DRA [7:3]
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.
FBV
It's better to go to a funeral than to a party. In the end, everyone dies, and those who are still alive should think about it.
GNV
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?
LSV
Better to go to a house of mourning, || Than to go to a house of banqueting, || For that is the end of all men, || And the living lays [it] to his heart.
NIV (US)
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.
OJB
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.
T4T
It is better to go to a house where people are mourning about someone who has died than to go to a house where people are feasting, because everyone will die some day, and people who are alive should think seriously [IDM] about that.
WEB (US)
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.