Ecclesiastes 7:2

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ [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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 7

¹ A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

² 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.

³ Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

⁴ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

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