And Aḇshalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch, and when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I shall say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and brave.”
Ecclesiastes 7:4 - The Scriptures 2009 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of rejoicing. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth and sensual joy. American Standard Version (1901) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Common English Bible The wise heart is in the house that mourns, but the foolish heart is in the house that rejoices. Catholic Public Domain Version Anger is better than laughter. For through the sadness of the countenance, the soul of one who offends may be corrected. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected. |
And Aḇshalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch, and when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I shall say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and brave.”
And they went out at noon, while Ben-Haḏaḏ and the thirty-two sovereigns helping him were getting drunk in the booths.
I said in my heart, “Come now, let me try you with rejoicing and find out what is good.” But see, that too was futile.
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart becomes better.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for man to hear the song of fools.
My heart reeled, horror overwhelmed me; the night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.
“In their heat I prepare their feasts. And I shall make them drunk, so that they rejoice, and sleep a neverending sleep and not awake,” declares יהוה.
“And I shall make her rulers drunk, and her wise men, her governors, and her deputies, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a lasting sleep, and not awake,” declares the Sovereign, whose Name is יהוה of hosts.
“In the day of our sovereign rulers became sick, inflamed with wine. He extended his hand with scoffers.
Though they are as entangled thorns, and as drunkards with their drink, they shall be consumed like stubble thoroughly dried.
And Aḇiḡayil went to Naḇal, and see, he was at a feast in his house, like the feast of a sovereign. And Naḇal’s heart was glad within him, and he was exceedingly drunk. So she told him not a word, little or much, until morning light.
And he brought him down and saw they were spread out over all the land, eating and drinking and celebrating, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Yehuḏah.