Lectionary Calendar
Monday, June 3rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9
the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9
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Interlinear Study Bible
Hebrew Language ⇌
Ecclesiastes 7:3
02896
ṭō·wḇ
ט֥וֹב
[is] better
Adjective
03708
ka·‘as
כַּ֖עַס
Sorrow
Noun
07814
miś·śə·ḥōq;
מִשְּׂחֹ֑ק
than laughter
Noun
03588
kî-
כִּֽי־
for
07455
ḇə·rō·a‘
בְרֹ֥עַ
by the sadness
Noun
06440
pā·nîm
פָּנִ֖ים
of the countenance
Noun
03190
yî·ṭaḇ
יִ֥יטַב
is made better
Verb
03820
lêḇ.
לֵֽב׃
the heart
Noun
Aleppo Codex
טוב כעס משחוק כי ברע פנים ייטב לב
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
טֹ֥וב כַּ֖עַס מִשְּׂחֹ֑ק כִּֽי־בְרֹ֥עַ פָּנִ֖ים יִ֥יטַב לֵֽב׃
Masoretic Text (1524)
טוב כעס משׂחק כי ברע פנים ייטב לב
Westminster Leningrad Codex
טֹ֥וב כַּ֖עַס מִשְּׂחֹ֑ק כִּֽי־בְרֹ֥עַ פָּנִ֖ים יִ֥יטַב לֵֽב׃
Greek Septuagint
ἀγαθὸν θυμὸς ὑπὲρ γέλωτα, ὅτι ἐν κακίᾳ προσώπου ἀγαθυνθήσεται καρδία.
Berean Study Bible
Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
English Standard Version
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
Holman Christian Standard Version
Grief is better than laughter, for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
Grief is better than laughter, for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
King James Version
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better (8799).
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better (8799).
Lexham English Bible
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.
New American Standard Version
Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
World English Bible
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
