Ecclesiastes 7:3
“Sorrow is better then laughter: for by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:3 Context
1A Good name is better then precious ointment: and the day of death, then the day of ones birth. 2¶ It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the liuing will lay it to his heart. 3Sorrow is better then laughter: for by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better. 4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth. 5It is better to heare the rebuke of the wise, then for a man to heare the song of fooles.
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Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
- King James Version
Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
- Basic English Bible
Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
- Darby Bible
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
- Webster's Bible
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
- World English Bible
Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart may be gladdened.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible