Ecclesiastes 7:6

Ecclesiastes 7:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
• New International Version (NIV)Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

Context of Ecclesiastes 7:6

4The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure. 5It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise person Than for one to listen to the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool; And this too is futility. 7For oppression makes a wise person look foolish, And a bribe corrupts the heart. 8The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than arrogance of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:6 word by word

כִּ֣י כְק֤וֹל הַסִּירִים֙ תַּ֣חַת הַסִּ֔יר כֵּ֖ן שְׂחֹ֣ק הַכְּסִ֑יל וְגַם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃Read the interlinear

• cracklingקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• thornסִירsîyr sîyrâh sirâh · thornH5518
• bushesסִירsîyr sîyrâh sirâh · thornH5518
• underתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• a potסִירsîyr sîyrâh sirâh · potH5518
• Soכֵּןkên · soH3651
• laughterשְׂחֹקώechôq ώechôq · laughterH7814
• of the foolכְּסִילkesîyl · foolH3684
• And thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• tooגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• is futilityהֶ֫בֶלhebel hăbêl · vanityH1892

Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 7:6

• Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, “It is senseless,” and of pleasure, “What does this accomplish?”
• Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
• Psalms 118:12They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished like a fire of thorn bushes; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.
• Isaiah 65:13Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
• Amos 8:10Then I will turn your festivals into mourning, And all your songs into songs of mourning; And I will put sackcloth around everyone’s waist, And baldness on every head. And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
• Luke 6:25Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
• Luke 16:25But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.
• 2 Peter 2:13suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions as they feast with you,
• Jude 1:12These are the ones who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
• Proverbs 29:9When a wise person has a controversy with a foolish person, The foolish person either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For as the crackling of thorns - They make a great noise, a great blaze; and are extinguished in a few moments. Such indeed, comparatively, are the joys of life; they are noisy, flashy, and transitory.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6As the crackling of thorns - Noisy while it lasts, and quickly extinguished. See Psalm 58:9 note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Praise from a fool and enjoying a fool’s laughter are temporary and worthless. Criticism from a wise person can lead to real benefits (Proverbs 17:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. crackling--answers to the loud merriment of fools. It is the very fire consuming them which produces the seeming merry noise (Joe 2:5). Their light soon goes out in the black darkness. There is a paronomasia in the Hebrew, Sirim ("thorns"), Sir ("pot"). The wicked are often compared to "thorns" (2Sa 23:6; Na 1:10). Dried cow-dung was the common fuel in Palestine; its slowness in burning makes the quickness of a fire of thorns the more graphic, as an…Read the comment

Topics related to Ecclesiastes 7:6

• Happiness
• Joy
• Thorn

In the dictionaries

• Adversity
• Bosom
• Consider
• Crackling
• Fuel
• Living
• Rest
• Botany
• Fire
• Fool; Folly

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings