King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.
Complete Jewish Bible:
For the laughter of fools is like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot; this too is pointless.
Berean Standard Bible:
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
American Standard Version:
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
For as the crackling{H6963} of thorns{H5518} under a pot{H5518}, so is the laughter{H7814} of the fool{H3684}: this also is vanity{H1892}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Psalms 118:12
- They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Psalms 58:9
- Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
- I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
2 Peter 2:13
- And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
2 Peter 2:17
- These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
Amos 8:10
- And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Jude 1:12
- These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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Commentary for Ecclesiastes 7:6
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H6963
There are 436 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קוֹל
Transliteration: qôwl
Pronunciation: kole
Description: or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound; [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell. - Strong's Number: H5518
There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: סִיר
Transliteration: çîyr
Pronunciation: seer
Description: or (feminine) סִירָה; or סִרָה; (Jeremiah 52:18), from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook; caldron, fishhook, pan, (wash-)pot, thorn. - Strong's Number: H7814
There are 14 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שְׂחוֹק
Transliteration: sᵉchôwq
Pronunciation: sekh-oke'
Description: or שְׂחֹק; from שָׂחַק; laughter (in merriment or defiance); derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport. - Strong's Number: H3684
There are 69 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כְּסִיל
Transliteration: kᵉçîyl
Pronunciation: kes-eel'
Description: from כָּסַל; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish). - Strong's Number: H1892
There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: הֶבֶל
Transliteration: hebel
Pronunciation: heh'bel
Description: or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל; from הָבַל; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb; [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.