Ecc Ecclesiastes, chapter Ecclesiastes, chapter 7
Sorrow is better than laughter, for tragedy helps us by making us think.7:3. Literally, “by sadness of countenance the heart is good.” In Hebrew thought, the heart was where thinking occurred. 2Co 7:10
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KJV (66 books)
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
ASV
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
DRA [7:4]
Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.
GNV
A good name is better then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.
JPS
Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart may be gladdened.
LSV
Better [is] sorrow than laughter, || For by the sadness of the face the heart becomes better.
NMV
Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the Countenance (Face, appearance; show favor) the heart is made better.
OJB
Ka'as (sorrow) is better than laughter; for sadness of the countenance is good for the lev.
T4T
It is better to be sad than to be always laughing, because being sad can cause us to think more about how we should conduct our lives [IDM].
WEB (US)
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.