King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:6 in the King James Version says “For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. crackling: Heb. sound” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. crackling: Heb. sound”
Ecclesiastes 7:6 · KJV
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. crackling: Heb. sound
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“this also is vanity”
H1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
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