New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:6
6For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
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 Living Translation (NLT)A fool’s laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire. This also is meaningless.
Context of Ecclesiastes 7:6
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise Than for a man to hear the song of fools. For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity. 7Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason, And a bribe debases the heart. 8The end of a thing is better than its beginning; The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Read all of Ecclesiastes 7Ecclesiastes 7:6 word by word
כִּ֣י כְק֤וֹל הַסִּירִים֙ תַּ֣חַת הַסִּ֔יר כֵּ֖ן שְׂחֹ֣ק הַכְּסִ֑יל וְגַם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 7:6
- Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
- Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath.
- Psalms 118:12They surrounded me like bees; They were quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
- Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My servants shall eat, But you shall be hungry; Behold, My servants shall drink, But you shall be thirsty; Behold, My servants shall rejoice, But you shall be ashamed;
- Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist, And baldness on every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, And its end like a bitter day.
- Luke 6:25Woe to you who are full, For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, For you shall mourn and weep.
- Luke 16:25But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.
- 2 Peter 2:13and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you,
- Jude 1:12These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;
- Proverbs 29:9If a wise man contends with a foolish man, Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.
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
In the dictionaries
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
New King James Version — © 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc
Commentaries