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Ecclesiastes 7:5

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← Ecclesiastes 7:4	Ecclesiastes 7:5 (KJV)	Ecclesiastes 7:6 →
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.	For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

It is better^H2896 to hear^H8085 the rebuke^H1606 of the wise^H2450, than for a man^H376 to hear^H8085 the song^H7892 of fools^H3684.

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Original Hebrew

טֹוב לִשְׁמֹעַ גַּעֲרַת חָכָם מֵאִישׁ שֹׁמֵעַ שִׁיר כְּסִילִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ט֕וֹב	Tov	H2896	HAamsa	(is) good
לִ/שְׁמֹ֖עַ	li/sh.Mo.a'	H8085	HR/Vqc	to/ listen to
גַּעֲרַ֣ת	ga.'a.Rat	H1606	HNcfsc	(the) rebuke of
חָכָ֑ם	cha.Kham	H2450	HAamsa	a wise (person)
מֵ/אִ֕ישׁ	me./'Ish	H376	HR/Ncmsa	more than/ someone
שֹׁמֵ֖עַ	sho.Me.a'	H8085	HVqrmsa	(who) listens to
שִׁ֥יר	shir	H7892	HNcbsc	(the) song of
כְּסִילִֽים	ke.si.Lim	H3684	HAampa	fools

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H1606 — גְּעָרָה (gᵉʻârâh, gheh-aw-raw'): from גָּעַר; a chiding; rebuke(-ing), reproof.
• H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
• H7892 — שִׁיר (shîyr, sheer): or feminine שִׁירָה; from שִׁיר; a song; abstractly, singing; musical(-ick), [idiom] sing(-er, -ing), song.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• better — Psalms 141:5, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 13:13, Proverbs 15:31-32, Proverbs 17:10, Proverbs 27:6, Revelation 3:19
• the song — Psalms 69:12

Reciprocal references (1): Proverbs 14:13

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