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Ecclesiastes 7:4


Ecclesiastes 7:3 Ecclesiastes 7:4 (KJV) Ecclesiastes 7:5
Sorrow [is] better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.
[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The heartH3820 of the wiseH2450 is in the houseH1004 of mourningH60; but the heartH3820 of foolsH3684 is in the houseH1004 of mirthH8057.


Original Hebrew

לֵב חֲכָמִים בְּבֵית אֵבֶל וְלֵב כְּסִילִים בְּבֵית שִׂמְחָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
לֵ֤ב
lev H3820 HNcmsc (the) heart of
חֲכָמִים֙
cha.kha.Mim H2450 HAampa wise people
בְּ/בֵ֣ית
be./Veit H1004 HR/Ncmsc (is) in/ a house of
אֵ֔בֶל
'E.vel H60 HNcmsa mourning
וְ/לֵ֥ב
ve./Lev H3820 HC/Ncmsc and/ (the) heart of
כְּסִילִ֖ים
ke.si.Lim H3684 HAampa fools
בְּ/בֵ֥ית
be./Veit H1004 HR/Ncmsc (is) in/ a house of
שִׂמְחָֽה
sim.Chah H8057 HNcfsa gladness
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H60 — אֵבֶל (ʼêbel, ay'-bel): from אָבַל; lamentation; mourning.
  • H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
  • H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
  • H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
  • H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
  • H8057 — שִׂמְחָה (simchâh, sim-khaw'): from שָׂמֵחַ; blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival); [idiom] exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).

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