DB1 | Thoughts about life. Ec.7.1-8.1 | KNSB Contents | notes| 7 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Biblia Hebraica |
| 7 1 | A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death, than the day of birth. | Thoughts about life. Ec.7.1-8.1 | טֹוב שֵׁם מִשֶּׁמֶן טֹוב וְיֹום הַמָּוֶת מִיֹּום הִוָּלְדֹו׃ |
| 2 | It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart. | טֹוב לָלֶכֶת אֶל־בֵּית־אֵבֶל מִלֶּכֶת אֶל־בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא סֹוף כָּל־הָאָדָם וְהַחַי יִתֵּן אֶל־לִבֹּו׃ | |
| 3 | Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made glad. | טֹוב כַּעַס מִשְּׂחֹק כִּי־בְרֹעַ פָּנִים יִיטַב לֵב׃ | |
| 4 | The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. | לֵב חֲכָמִים בְּבֵית אֵבֶל וְלֵב כְּסִילִים בְּבֵית שִׂמְחָה׃ | |
| 5 | It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. | טֹוב לִשְׁמֹעַ גַּעֲרַת חָכָם מֵאִישׁ שֹׁמֵעַ שִׁיר כְּסִילִים׃ | |
| 6 | For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity. | כִּי כְקֹול הַסִּירִים תַּחַת הַסִּיר כֵּן שְׂחֹק הַכְּסִיל וְגַם־זֶה הָבֶל׃ | |
| 7 | Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe corrupts the mind. | כִּי הָעֹשֶׁק יְהֹולֵל חָכָם וִיאַבֵּד אֶת־לֵב מַתָּנָה׃ | |
| 8 | Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. | טֹוב אַחֲרִית דָּבָר מֵרֵאשִׁיתֹו טֹוב אֶרֶךְ־רוּחַ מִגְּבַהּ־רוּחַ׃ | |